M.TSTLKTOK AND EUCALYPTUS.—TUB praO tloe of the healing art has ever commanded the esteem of the rudest nations, hensa it was the obvious policy of the Druids to study the properties of plants. Of their progress WJ nave no record, but we do knoiv that the famous mistletoe, or"healali,"was considered a certaur remedy iri many diseases, an antidote to poi3»n, and a preventers of infection. Sea-girt England at that time did not possess amongst ita nora any members of the eucalyptus or Blue gum family. In all liktliho-d if she had.thi- wonderIM fever destroying, lung healing, health giving tree,would have saved many thousands of lives. in New Zealand tad Aus ralia its virtues are nn« aoubted.andfor lh« relief of b onchial Rffections, rang complaint^ asthmat'eal bKatliing. ohronia Souchs. &0., Mdrixk'a dyrar> of JEacalyptus. with llypoDbosi:h;to of Lime and Quinine, hft| POT&l au UD<)xamplod remedy.
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Auckland Star, Volume XVI, Issue 3851, 20 December 1882, Page 4
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