This section is from the book "A Text-Book Of Pharmacology, Therapeutics And Materia Medica", by T. Lauder Brunton. Also available from Amazon: A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medica.
The leaves of Eucalyptus globulus, collected from rather old trees.
Characters. - Petiolate, lanceolately scythe-shaped, from six to twelve inches (fifteen to thirty centimetres) long, rounded below, tapering above, entire, leathery, grey green, glandular, feather-veined between the midrib and marginal veins; odour strongly camphoraceous, taste pungently aromatic, somewhat bitter and astringent.
Composition. - Eucalyptol, resin, tannin, etc.
Preparations. | |
dose. | |
Extractum Eucalypti Fluidum .................................... | 5-15 min. |
Oleum Eucalypti ............................................... | .2-5 drops. |
 
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