182 LOBELIA INFLATA. 
others in doses of a teaspoonful. Indeed the for- 
mer dose appears to be a very large one, and 
greater than most stomachs would bear with im- 
punity. I have tried this medicine in several . 
cases of asthma with some advantage. It has 
not however in general succeeded in affording re- 
lief of the paroxysm, until full vomiting was pro- 
duced, which effect, with me, has happened after 
taking one or two teaspoonfuls. 
A communication from Dr. Cutler, on the op- 
eration of this plant, is inserted in Dr. Thacher’s 
Dispensatory. The venerable writer having him- 
self suffered from asthma for ten years, had, dur- 
ing the paroxysms, resorted to many medicines 
for relief, without experiencing much benefit from 
any. He was at length induced to make trial of 
a tincture, prepared by himself from the Lobelia 
inflata. “In a paroxysm,” says he, “which per- 
haps was as severe as I had ever experienced ; 
the difficulty of breathing extreme, and after it 
had continued for a considerable time, I took a ta- 
ble spoonful. In three or four minutes my breath- 
ing was as free as it ever was, but I felt no nau- 
sea at the stomach. In ten minutes I took anoth- 
er spoonful, which occasionéd sickness. After 
ten minutes I took a third, which produced sensi- 
ble effects upon the coats of the stomach, and a 
