Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-19
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ierscs sxse and all malarial disease.
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lcrt by freneh exploring exyssaisioe
which visited Australia mary yeasx 60
The surgeons coanecte-l 9th this ex-
p-eistioa ots=erved an entire shmrncs o;
Asae and lever IN thsa part of the void
ssa we're thus led 10 inqaise a. 10 snv
lo~nzl csn>es which could account sos
thu sbs~ne~ IL the~e di~-ases in places
vkerv the el>Deuss al malaria sisoupaei.
naDely esarn climate, and an AbunA-
ascs Of d~c.ying veeesafioa, and
svsnPy lsnds The nass proniners
fars which Stressed their ssserfsoa vss
the shansiant grosth Il . spscsss 81
tree skich nllea the afuo~pker~ nth
. POserfal arcAA 1.-THE EscAlypeus or
GuE Tree. They made nany ex-
PeriE~nts On the leaves. gum, wood
and h~rk. and discovered soune Of iss
vooaerful curative properties. They
also collected seea from the tree, sDi
planted then an the French Botanical
Gar.ien- IL wouli occupy too much
space 90 detail all the steps by which
they arrived NJ the eosclusion that
Austrzli&a vegetation posse~ses power
fal anti-sep;ic and anti-malArial quail
ties Safsoe IL 60 say that their ex-
Pcrineots resulted in the planting Of
millions Of Australian trees in the
mslsrial districts Of Southern France
and Algiers, the astonishing results Of
which are given in this brief sketch.
DIR. de Petra Soutsa, delegate from
the Chronological Society Of Algiers.
cJmmunicates TO the Sorbonne 10
medical institute in Psris) the result
Of an investie alton made IN Algiers, to
ascertain the importance of the Eucs-
lyptus tree in relation to public health.
1t appears that reports were received
from fifty different localities, where the
aggregate OF trees planted is nearly o
million. and from their reports the fol.
lowing conclusions have been drawn:
THAT it is incontestibly proved that
wherever it has been cultivated, in
termittent or mslarial fever and ague
has considerably decreased both in
intensity aud frequency, and marshy
and uncultivated lands have been rem
dered healthy and quite transformed.
Similar results have been obtained in
Corsica, where It is computed there are
600, 900 trees of the Eucalyptus Globu.
lus in full growth"
NJ. Trother reports to the French
authorities as follows "About twenty
miles from Alga at Pondouk," he says.
II owned a property near the river
Hamyze; the emanations from which
produced intermittent fever among the
farmers and their servants every year.
In the spring of 1867 planted upon
this farm IL, 1000 plants of the Eucalyp-
tus Globulus. In the July Of that year,
the season in which the fever usually
appear, the farmers were completely
free from it, though the trees had
scarcely attained q height of more than
eight or ten feet. Since that time tho
settled population has been entirely
free from fevers."
o garrison house the malaria made it
necessary to change the guard each
year two years ago M. Willard, the
engineer in charge, planted number
Of Eucalyptus trees in the vicinity of
the buildings, and since that time this
post has been tho most healthy in the
The following is the latest evidence
Formerly it was impossible
for the workmen of the great Iron
mines of Motka Ell Hadid in French
Algiers, to remain there during the
summer those who attempted to do so
died, and in order to work the mines
the company was compelled to take tho
laborers to the mines from q distance by
every morning and carry them
back at night. The company planted
more than 100, 1000 Eucalyptus trees,
and now the laborers are able to live oil
the year through at the scene of their
labor. The entire works, and the rail
way leading to them are bordered with
thick belts Of these trees, and each of
the miners has his cottage and garden
surrounded by them.
The following is condensed from o
paper read before the Royal Society of
Australia, by the President,
entitled. lis Australian Vegetation
Fever Destroying"
In the Eucalyptus tribe we have q
vegetation absolutely Australian, as it
exists in NO other part Of the world ex-
cept where it has been planted from
Australian seed. =. If, therefore We pos
sess in very big a degree an immunity
from fever maladies, can it be traced in
any way to this order of vegetation
For this purpose propose to refer to
the chemical properties of the Euca-
lypti as Q whole, and specially to those
which are known to possess curative
and anti.malsrious qualities. The
chemical contents of Eucalyptus tree
are neither poisonous nor virulent
they include Tannste Gum Resin, a
Volatile Acid and Q Volatile Oil, pos
sessed by no other plant in existence.
II is IN these three bodies We have
the key to the question before MS. Part
of these constituents is retained in the
tree till set free by the art of man, and
part is given of to the air by the forces
Of the plant in union with atmospheric
agencies. Let us therefore inquire
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