Supplement to the American dispensatory / by John King and John U. LLoyd.

  • John King
Date:
1880
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Credit: Supplement to the American dispensatory / by John King and John U. LLoyd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    remedy into Europe, in a statement made to the Academy of Medicine, in 1866 ; since which period its therapeutical virtues have been exam- ined by many investigators. The emanations from this tree have, it has been reported, a strong antagonistic_|nfl.uen-C!S against those condi- tions termiiil.malarial7'an^7^n~'£hi8account, it has been cultivated in various places in Europe where these conditions appear to have had a permanent existence. Notwithstanding the high encomiums passed upon this agent as an anti- p^^retic hy the majority of those who have tested it, there are certain other investigators who are less enthusiastic ; thus. Dr. Burdell, wOio tested its efficacy in the fevers encountered in the marshy district of Sologne,' France, states, that though eucalyptus has been sometimes found a feb- rifuge nearly equal to quinine; at other times it has proven to be dis- couragingly inefficacious. (Indeed, the same may be observed of quinine and all other remedies.) lie states that the cures effected b}' it have been more frequent in the hospital than in the palustral localities, and which may be readily accounted for. Very often, ns Chomel has shown, persons attacked with intermittent fever arc cured in the hospitat with- out Trny medicines having been employed. Dr. Carlotti, of Ajaccio, cd'nsiders a quickly made decoction of the leaves to be of great value in those cases of intermittent fever that do not yield to quinia ; he gives the decoction in doses of from two to five fluidrachms, Aside from its utility in intermittents, this agent has had other vir- tues attributed to it, as follows : The leaves have been successfully used as a ^onic and gently stimulating stomachic, in atonic dyspepsia, and in catarrh of the stomach ; alstr'TTdvised in ^']iI£jiifli-fcate^H.^^^^^ t}^^''^^^^ g^^- erally; in psuedQjiiembranous laryngitis, and in chronic bronchitis, with or without emphysema ; it has likewise proved efficacious in chronic ca- tarrh ofthe bladder, where the urine is high colored, contains an abnormal amount of mucus, or, perhaps, some purulent matter, and micturition is attended with much pain. Eecently, it has been recommended as a dijiretic in the treatment of dropsy. Both the leaves and the oil are excitants and deodorizers, and, as such, have been successfully employed asTocaTapplications in b.roijj&Wal^affections with fetid expectoration, in ozoena, in fetid or profuse mucous'discharges, in vaginal leucorrhea, gonorrheal discharges, indolent, fetid wounds or ulcers, in septicemia, and in gangrene. M. Bucquo}' has found it to'exert a happy influence in the treatment of pulmonary gangrene. M. Luton, and others, have derived considerable benefit from it, when locally applied in cancerous affections, in the form of a compress of lint moistened with the tincture. It has likewise been advised to prevent putrefaction of organic sub- stances, and to deodorize sick rooms, and apartments containing un- healthy air. The leav7mniiy;'in some cases, be applied alone, directl}^ to the part, in form of cataplasm; or tlic}^ may be combined with other articles to form a poultice. The oil may be applied of full strength, or diluted with some other agent. In tlu^aiiJL^nd^j)ulm^iary maladies, a tincture diluted, or a medicated water, may beinhalcd in the form of spray; if the oil be employed, it maybe dropped on some cotton placed in a small tube, from which the vapor maybe inhaled. Asa deodorfzer, the tincture or the oil maj^ be sprinkled or sprayed upon the offensive body, or the atmosphere of an apartment may be frequently sprayed with the same. The oil (eucalyptol), in small doses, is a gentle stimulant; in large doses, it occasions irritation of the throat and fauces, with increased flow of saliva; cephalagia, with extreme fatigue; frequency of the
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