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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3163, 8 April 1879, Page 4

... our corrcspon3ent-~tbat it would not dissolve in spirits of wine ; ratlu-r itis 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 like..vriae cprrfirined }. "it.ajssblvod in spirits of wine. The manufacture of Mr Bosisto 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, and'treat upon'it in'scientific writings, but during fifteen years be did not bring before the public those etheric evaporating pa'rtibles to which dro attributable all the properties so much praised by Mr Bosisto. Our manufacture alone and for the firßfc time answers these requirements.—We are respectfully yours, Sander & Sons. Sandhurst, 3lßtJuly." ■■■■■■•- ■■■'■■--■--.' ■ ; : ■■■ ■. As a further elucidation of the matter, Mr 1 Bosisto wrote, again. to the same; paper, and bis letter waß published asi follows on the sth August,lß76 :—" Sir-i-With reference to the reply by Messrs Sander and Sons, contained in yours of the Ist instant, to mine of the 31st ult., I deem it'but right to say, that I desire in no spirit of rivalry to write disparagingly of,'or to Bet'k to deteriorate (froth, 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 beingvthd investigator of every species of the eucalypti in Victoria, both as to their chemical and .physical characters, the oil in question is not 'new," and, second,that the report forwajMkd c > from r the; German correspondent is a mere repetition of my original investigations, reported, long since to tne varibus scientific societies 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 • w give|i-.q!uantities of alcohol. The'whole' family of 1 the eucalypti contains a volatile 0i.1,.%. volatile acid, and a volatile oleo resin, and certain tannate principles ;. when,,for certain medicinal purposes, these are in combinatibh, the oil is riot entirely soluble, in spirit. Such ia the oil operated upon (coming from myself) by Meßßrs Sander and Son. Wishing ..success to every indigenous industry, I am, yours, &c, Joseph Bosisto. !2nd;Augußt;''; : . , ;.: •-:; To the above Messrs Sander and Son replied as follows in the,same paper of the 7th of August, 1876. "Sir—You will kindly allow us to give the following short explanation; ior the better understanding of the public, in answer to Mr Bosisto's letter in yours of the sfh?inßtant.—M,r Bosisto says— " The oil in question is iiot new." We have ways indicated by science, by means of which investigations of any kind are made, and moßt likely in' the; jiame'jway as,(he and. we did. Many more,"in of chemical knowledge, may have undertaken preparations of pure volatile oil eucalypti;- tlf yfe take such essays in view the pure essential oil eucalypti is not new. New, however, it is in the respect that it is not yet known as a commercial article. The preparation, in a large style, is very slow arid' tiresome, and 'involves in consequence, through loss of time, considerable expense, leading to production of a cheap BubBtitute, consisting chiefly of eleo resin and tannic particles, a'produch that is in quality, far. inferiorto the pure volatile oil.—We are. your, etc., SAKDEE& Sons, Sandhurst, sui August, 1876.?'U, v-'.i. ;•..-."■. -f Z^Qnk present (position; Thuß far. the .correspondence Bhows the nature and character of Eucalyptus Oil, and the steps' by which 1 it has arrived of the purity of Sander and Spnß manufacture. In order tha£ their oil sHbuTd be tested by the most approvedrfindrigoroti|l(crntiny, Sander and Sons have forwarded samples to all the principal medical authorities of the Colonies, as well, as ,to scientific^ bodies in Europe. By the Bteamer 'Somersetshire, which left the Colony on the.i2oth. September, 1876, Messrs Sander and Sons, having received such a flattering testimonial from German scientists, despatched a;parcel of their essence to their agentß, Messrs Hoelzle and Chelius, of Frankfurt,: with instructions to that firm to bring it under the, notice of—The Emperor of Germany, theXirig of Bavaria, the Emperor of Austria, the : Eing pf Saxony, the King of Wurtemburg, and Prince Bismarck. Through"!hese sovereigns and potentates, the Australian Extract; will find its way before most of the principal European scientific bodies. In addition to:this the -Eucalyptus essence, of Messrs Sander and Sons will be brought under the. notice tof the South Australian .faculty through the columns of the German paper published in that Colony. In this Colony, it has been placed before the authorities of the Melbourne Hospital, Ballarat Hoßpital, Geelong Castlemaine Hospital, Kyneton Hospital, and Sandhurst Hospital. .^ Sjln addition,to f; thesei,means of spreading a nowledge of this excellent article to the public at large, the Press, as will be shown below, haß lent its valuable aid to the furtherance of the object/sought. ; ITSCtfARACTER. The oil may be almost summed up as to its character when it is described as etheric and volatile. It is,a condensation of those exhalations of the gum leaves which permeate our Au6tral atmosphere, and. make it one. of the moßt heultb-BUstaining^ character in the universe. The oil, being a principle of itselt, cannot in the strict sense be analysed, because it 18 incapable of Bub-division. The only proof of its being a pure etheric essence is its solubility in spirits of, wine. But medical authorities who have chemically examined the components of the gum, and of this oil, declare that it contains much that stimulates the vital particles of the human blood and that increases the health-giving functions of the common.air. . . One of the best features in its character is that it absolutely requires no care in its use, but may be rubbed on external sores, taken internally, exposed to the common atmosphere UHtil it is absorbed, or poured on fine linen or (he most delicstely tinted paper, without leaving so much as a stain behind. In short, while it is in bo many cases extremely beneficial in its use, it is absolutely innocuous in all. | .. ' , '' ' ITS CLAIM AS A CURATIVE. It has now become the fashion with the inventors or discoverers of remedial agents to claim something little short of infallibility and universality of cure for their respective agents. Messrs Sander and Sons do nothing of the sort. They have confidence that their oil possesses many 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 assert itself to be a grand panacea for many of the ills that flesh is heir to. . 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 Children Attending Schools, the same mode may be adopted. In Cases of Sickness, a few drops put into a saucer, and put into the room will, being an etheric oil, evaporate, and . fill the room with the purifying vapor! Are you obliged to Travel. 1 A few drops occasionally rubbed on tho body, will protect ugainst any contagion you may be exposed to, in coming in direct contact with sick persons,