Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-18


The alcoholic solution and the lini.
ments in which It Is the chief ingredl.
ent are much used for external appli.
cations, for sprains and bruises. chill.
blains and even for incipient paralysis.
The employment Of camphor as a
medicine in England Is not very old;
It was used in Germany before It be.
came known in England, and in medi.
cal books Of the last century It was
called campfire" All kinds Of heal.
ing properties were ascribed by Eng.
lish and foreign doctors to the drug,
Of the Importation Of which from
japan the Dutch had the monopoly.
Camphor was said to be a powerful
antiseptic, to be q cure for hypochon.
driasis, and to be useful in cases Of
epilepsy.
It was administered mixed with
vinegar or rubbed up with mucilase
Of gum arabic or combined with Ger.
tain quantity Of sweet almonds. There
cannot be any doubt that camphor has
many medical uses and could be Ill
spared from the pharmacop9ia. but
there Is some consolation to be found
In the fact that 1t Is possible to pre-.
pare artificial camphor by the mutual
action Of hydrochloride acid gas and
oil Of turpentine, which produces a
white substance possessing camph0r.
like odor and which Is soluble In al
cOhol.
Camphor, condiments and the cor.
dial which he himself invented and to
which he gave his own name, were
the three chief specifics recommended
for the cure Of almost every ailment to
which human flesh ID heir by the skill.
full chemist and fervid Republican
Raspail. Year after year, in his once
popular almanac. the virtues Of cam.
phor were extolled, and, coud the
French savant revisit the glimpses Of
the moon. his spirit would be sorely
troubled by the intelligence that, in all
probability, there Is likely to be q
scarcity Of camphor.
Since the war the imports of the
odorous drug have fallenoc to q progig.
ious extent. It Is not only. however,
on Japan that we depend for cam.
phor. Almost all the camphor Of com.
merce is the product Of the camphor
laurel or camphor tree, which II Q ma.
tive not only Of Japan, but Of China.
Cochin China and Formosa, and lta
cultivation has been introduced into
Java and the West Indies. two regions
which have certainly not been affected
nv tho v,ap In thn Pav AasA
! The Chinese camphor tree 10 found
in Kwang.si and sukien, and aiIordi
! both timber and gum for expectation
and domestic use. The gum 10 pro
cured from the branches. leaves and
chips by first soaking them In water
until the liquid becomes saturated
with It. when It 10 turned out into On
earthen basin to coagulate. and under
goes other treatment. It comes 4
market In crude state. and 10 nom
inally again refined after reaching
, Europe.
! There II also an oil extracted from
camphor which rarely comes to Europe
and the article made In Borneo and
Sumatra IL 30 much esteemed In thu
! east that even in markets Of Japan
200 pounds Of the camphor Of the lat
ter country used to be given in ex
change for one pound Of the produc,
} Of the former. The Bornean camphol
Is white like chalk. but has the sam,
smell and taste as that of China ant
Japan. The natives ascribe extraor
dinary medicinal virtues to II, and fire
Quently hang 1t powdered In bag,
around their necks or around theil
waists. wrists and ankles. and. curl
ously enough, this use Of powdered
camph0r was strongly advocated b!
Raspail.
, From the beginning Mrs. Kate Val
, Der veer. head Of the Cleveland Or
phan asylum at Versailles. KY. deter
mined there should be no barrier 4
. set her girls apart from the rest o
. the community a. charity children
says Mabel Potter Daggett In the De
n lineator. So she took OF their uni
: forms and sent them to the publ
school. Versailles was aghast at hrst
But she insisted: why not? M
girls are 40 nice and sweet q
yours!"
: This month, she told me with pride
+ there were fifteen Of them on the homo
roll that 10 published In the Versatile
newspaper. AZ they 60 along to schoo
together you would not know Mrs. VA
: Der Veer's "daughters' from the 9th
ers. unless by the fact that their pei
Gales are q triHe daintier and thei
I butterfly hair ribbons tsiAe freshsI
= ! have seen her az she critically look
them over before starting for schoo
; A loving hand pushes back soft wave
. Of hair and kindly eyes scan scrutiI
izingly for any small area of demarcs
tion.
"Oh, Marie." she says, you will
! have to wash your neck again.
Louise. here's button coming OF
Hurry. dear. and you'll Just about hav
1 time to sew 1t on" Jennie. l believ
you'd better get fresh handkerchief.
Meanwhile she is deftly pulling out
little starched skirt here and tiltin
|. q hat there at more becoming angl
= for the bright face beneath. At las
they are all of In order. At the gat
thew turn with n futter Of Wavin