Cajeput, an oil brought from the East Indies, and resembling that of cardamoms. Its uses are so little known in this country, that it is rarely kept, even in the shops of the metropolis. According to Prof. THUNBERG, the celebrated Swedish traveller, it possesses pre-eminent virtues as an anodyne, antispasmodic, and stimulant. In Chronic inflammations of the eyes, great benefit has been derived by pouring a few drops of it upon a soft, white, linen cloth, and letting thern evaporate while held close to these organs, over which the cloth is to be afterwards tied for the night.

In acute rheumatism, and the gout, this ethereal oil has been known to afford immediate relief, when the affected part has been anointed with it, as it has a remarkable tendency to open the pores : it is also highly beneficial in violent head-achs, when applied to the temples, or inhaled through the nostrils. But its most remarkable effect is in that painful complaint, the tooth-ach. From whatever cause this affection may proceed, whether from a carious, or hollow tooth, rheumatic acrimony, catarrh, etc. the cajeput oil has generally been found efficacious in removing it, if dropped on lint, and placed in the cavity of the tooth, or even around the gum. Hence it deserves to have a place in the medicine-chest of every private family. In acute rheumatisms, however, we would observe, that it ought to be administered with circumspection; but, when applied in painful chronic disorders, or paralytic complaints, its use maybe attended with salutary conse-quences.—Perhaps the only shop in London where this oil is vended tolerably pure, as imported from the East, is that of Messrs. Cox-well and Bromet, Fleet-street, near Temple-bar.