SOO DR. CHASE'S RECIPES. 



1. ASTHMA, Quick Relief and Other Remedies for. — 



/Uthough a lobelia, or some other emetic, has for a long time been considered the 

 only hope for relief, yet, more recently, the inhalation of chlorofonn has 

 proved generally a much quicker relaxant, and consequently the more satisfac- 

 tory remedy. It is not necessary to breathe it to entire unconsciousness, but 

 simply to relieve by putting a bottle of it— an ounce is sufficient to buy at a 

 time — flrst to one nostril, closing the other with the thumb of the opposite 

 hand, and, the mouth being closed, draw in a long and deep breath to the full- 

 est extent t/ie lungs will allow; then alternate widi the other nostril in the same 

 way until you realize the needed relief, or to the number of 2 or 3 times to each 

 nostril, llien if not relieved, wait a few minutes and do the same again. It is 

 better thus than to continue until unconscious. The chloroform is very satis- 

 factorily inhaled from a glass tube inhaler, which see in note following "Acute 

 Phtliisic, or Coasumption. " To be corked up when not in use, 



2. Asthma, Relief in. — A friend of mine who had had asthma, so 

 that, at one time, he did not go to bed for 5 years, but took his sleep in a rock- 

 ing chair, has found great relief inhaling the smoke of what he calls the 



I. Nitrated Stramonium for Relief in Asthma. — He says: " I gather the 

 green leaves of the stramonium, after tlie plant blossoms, and dry them in the 

 shade. "When dry, 1 soak tliem a few hours in a strong solution of purified 

 nitre (common saltpeter does not answer), 3 ozs., to soft water, 1 pt. Powder 

 the niter finely, and pouring on the wat*r hot, quickly dissolves it. Soak the pre- 

 viously dried leaves in. this solution, re-dry, in the shade, then pulverize the 

 leaves and keep from the air in box or bottle. To Use — Put a rounding tea- 

 spoonful of the nitrated powder on a plate, and touch a lighted match to the 

 heap, when, if properly done with the purified nitre, it burns without a blaze, 

 throwing off considerable smoke. Place a small funnel (more generally called 

 a tunnel), over it, and breathe the smoke arising from it by holding the mouth 

 as close to the funnel as possible, to inhale as much as you can of the fumes. 

 It will cause some coughing, at first, but tliis helps to clear the throat and bron- 

 chial tubes of phlegm and soon subsides and gives very great relief. 



Remarks. — I used this at one time after having taken a severe cold, which 

 settled upon the lungs, and found great relief, as it especially (as the gentleman 

 says above) helped to clear the phlegm from tlie throat and bronchial tubes, 

 most effectually. If it seems to be going out at any time, raise the edge of the 

 funnel a moment, and it will burn and sputter on again. 



II. Astlima Pmcder, Improved. — Some persons think that sage, belladonna 

 and digitalis, the dried leaves of each, with tlie dry stramonium, all in equal 

 proportions, nitrated, as above (remembering always to use the purified nitre, 

 kept by druggists only), and inhaled in the same manner, is preferable to the 

 stramonium alone. If I were to use them, however. I would not use more 

 than half as much of the belladonna and digitalis as I did of the sage and 

 stramonium. 



3. Whenever the inhalation of chloroform, or nitrated stramonium, etc., 

 above given, fails, then 20 to 40 drops of laudanum, according to robustness of 



