Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1887 — Volatile Oils in Medicine. [ARTICLE]

Volatile Oils in Medicine.

Much attention has of late been directed to the subject of pure terobene as a medicinal agent, terbengs being a group of chemical substances, tbo generic .names for the volatile oils or hydrocarbons. isomeric or polymeric, with oil of turoentine. Nearly all the terebenes are liquid at the ordinary temperatures, and most of them are lighter than water. Natural terebenes, treated with acids, especially strong sulphuric acid, generally undergo an alteration of molecular arrangement, without change of chemical c institution the odor being for the most part greatly altered. A terebene often yields several isomeric modifications by treatment with various acids, or by repeated distillation with the same acid; the substance known as pure terebene is made by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid on the oil of turpentine. The pure terebene used in the treatment of bronchitis, may be made by any one, and is not subject to any patent rights.

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