Stops Asthma

1895

Here is a very simple formula for a powder recommended by M. Naguet of Chatellerault to stop attacks of asthma, and which acts in the same way as cologne water:

Powdered snuff, 5 grams; camphor, 5 grams; menthol, .15 centigrams.

When the first symptoms are felt giving warning that an attack is coming on, it is enough if you sniff into each nostril a pinch or two of this powder every quarter or half hour to set up a lively irritation of the mucous membrane with sneezing and copious secretion, while at the same time the attack of asthma stops. — New York Journal.

Comment: Beware of antique medical advice. Don't do it.


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