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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3237, 4 July 1879, Page 4

Medical

our correspondent—that it would not dissolve in spirits of wine ; rather it is unsoluble, and heavier than spirits of wine, and settles at the bottom. We tried in the same way our manufacture, and the received information was likewifq Confirmed ; it dissolved in spiriti of win?.. t'The manufacture of; Mr! Bosuto does not in consequence, answer to the requirements of an etheric oil, and he may know all the virtues of the eucalypti, ever so :well, aud treat upon^ it in scientific writings, *but during .fifteen/year 3' li* did; not! Wing before'the publio those etheric evaporating -parfciclies: to which.are: attributable ; all, the properties bo much praised by Mr Bosisto. Our manufacture alone and for tho. first ,tjine answers these •requirements.—We are respectfully yours, Sandee & Sons. Sandhurst,

31st July." ' As a further elucidation jof the matter, Mr Bosisto wrote again to the same paper, and his letter was published as follows ;on the sth August, 1876 :—" Sir—With reference to the reply byMessrs Sander 1 and Sons, Contained in jours of the Ist instant, to mine of the 31st ,ult.i I: deem it but right to Bay that I desire' "in no spirit of rivalry to write disparagingly of, or to seek to deteriorate from, the quality of the: ' new industry.' * My object, has ever been to assist in developing the resources of our indigenous vegetation. My contention is, first, that being the investigator of, every species of the eucalypti,in Victoria,, bpth r as id"fheir.chemicaland physical characters,"the oil in question is not 'new 1," and, second,that the report forwarded from the German corresponded p is a mere repetition of my original investigations reported long since to the various tcientific spcieties and universal exhibitions. With regard to the solubility of the oil in spirit, it is well known that volatile oils, whether from the eucalypti or any other vegetation; are soluble in given quantities of alcohol. The whole family of the eucalypti contains a volatile oil; a volatile acid,lnd a volatile oleo resin; and certain tannate principles j when, for certain medicinal purposes, these are in combination, the oil is not entirely, soluble in spirit. Such? IB the: oil operated' upon (coming from myself) by Messrs Sander and Son.! 1 Wishing>succeßß to every,indigenous industry, I am, yours, &c, Joseph BcfeisTo. 2nd August.'? ',• ;■ r'v

To the above Messrs Sander and Son replied as follows in the same paper of the 7th of August; 1876. "Sir—Tbu^will Kindly allow us to give the following short explanation, for the better understanding' of the public] in answer to Mr Bosisto's letter in iyburs of the sth instent;; ,;Mr Bosiato says-— V The oil in question, is npt new.", W° have waya indicated by science, by means of which investigations of any kind are made, and most likely iin the same" way as he. and; we did. Many more, in .possession of chemical ( ,khow-, ledge, may have undertaken preparations of pure volatile oil eucalypti. ■> If we take such essays in view the pure essential oil eucalypti is not hew. New, however,it is in ; the respect that? it is not yet known as a commercial articlei Wine-, preparation,;in, a large style, 1 is very slow and tiresome, and. involves in consequence, through, loss of ,time, considerable expense, leading to production of a cheap substitute^ ,consisticg'ichieily of ele'o resin and« tannie ] particles, a produch that is in quality, far inferior to the pure volatile oil.— We, are,, your, etc., Sahdeb & Sons, Sandhurst, sth •August, 1876."" . :

ITS PRESENT POSITION.

Thus far 'the correspondence > shows the' nature and , character of ■Eucalyptus Oil,'iahd ;the ;?stepß by which it has arrived' of the purity'of Sander and Sons manufacture. la order that their Mil should be tested by the most approved and rigorous scrutiny, Sander and Sons hare forwarded samples to, all the principal medical authorities of the Colonies, as well as to scientific bodies in Europe. By the steamer Somersetshire, which left the Colony pn ; the-20th September, 1876, Messrs Sander and Sons, having received such a flattering testimonial from Germanscientists, despatched a parcel of their essence to their agents, Messrs Hoclzle and Ch'elius, of Frankfurt, .with instructions to that firm to bring it under ;the notice of—The Emperor of Gertnany,i the King of Bavaria, the Emperor of 'Austria, the t King'.of Saxpnj, the King of Wurtemburg, and Prince Biamarck.

Through these, sovereigns and potentates, the Australian Extract. will find its way ' beforeimost of'th'e principal European scientifib bodies. InMdition to this the Eucalyptus essence of Messrs Sander and Sons will be brought under the notice of the South Australian faculty through the columns of theAQ-emian paper publißhed;iQ that Colony. In this Colony it haß been placed before the authorities of the Melbourne Hospital, Ballarat Hospital, Geelong Hospital, Castlemaine Hoapitial, Kyneton Hospital, and Sandhurst Hospital, . „.,„, . . la addition to these means of spreading a kiiowled|e of this"*excellent article to the public at large, the Press, as, will be Bhown below, baa lout its .valuable aid to the furtherance; of the object sought; ' i >

ITS CHARACTER.

; The ioil may b&'idfnost summed lip as to its' 'character, when it is (described, as, etheric and volatile,. It is a cpnflensatioij of those exhalations}of the gam leaivee''which permeate our Außf.rH.il atmosphejre,:ftnd make:it,' ono .of the, most heal]ttt;lsugtaining character in the unK Terse! ; T^e oil, being !a, : principle.;of itself, cannotjin the strict,sense.beanalysedibecause it is incapable;; of _ sub-division.. The. onlyproof of jits being, a pure, retheric, essence ist ,its iolubility in spirits of wine... But medical authorities ".w.ljio ;h»ve' chemically exam|ne.dj the components'of the gum, and, .of this oil, declare: that it contains much thaV stimulates ; the Titai, particles of, the .human blood, and jfchatincre.aSes*l tfie^health-giving foaetibhs of ■theiCO'mmon lair. f!'';'-;''";i; -,■■■■■'(!;•<-: :.■■■<>■!<!

■ One pf'the'beßt'features in its Inaracter .is that it iibgolutely fequiresrio careialiW' iis'e, may be rubbed on external soiiesV falien* internally, exposed to the common atmosphere .until ifc-is absorbed, or p.bured on fine linen or the most delicntely tinted paper, without leaving!so much ias^a slain behind. !ln short, while itj is in. so many casus , extremely, beneficial in its use, it is absolutely innocuous in all. :

ITS. CLAIM, iAS A CURATIVE.

It has now become the fashion with the inventors jor discoverers of remedial agents to claim something little short' of infallibility and universality of cure for their respective agents. '■ Messrs Sander and Sens, do nothing of the sort.'/jrhey have-confidence that their oil, »;poss ; esses many f virtues ; but. the? full extent of these they do not know yet. They are now collecting data, and they are most careful and searching in performing this. It is quite sure then, -that 'their eucalypti oil can; fairly assort itself to', be a grand panacea for many qf tlie ills that flesh is heir In Scarlet, Typhoid, or any case of Fever, nothing will protect better against contagion than a few drops of the oil poured in the palm of the hand, and rubbed in, in order to liberate ;the!-vapors, or sprinkled over the clothes. < The perfume will be noticed for a great length of time.

For Ghild-ren ; Aibeiiding Scliools, the same;, mode may be adopted. : I,;. In Caies qf 'Sicktiess,'a,' few drops 'put; into a saucer] and p\R r'inib Hh;B l¥ooni 'Will, being" >n ;e*hejric oil, evwp^ftte|'''arid*''fill' 'the' -room-wifclr'thepurifying-vapor; ■ — .fa few-, d.rpps. 'occasionally ■rubb,ed..ou..tho ii^p(lyV < *T»ill*j)cpibe,cl; i ' : against ajny.^ontaj^^pttp bu exn^eU^ ' l^oi^ing in direct' contact' witli'si^j^erAoni,,