CIGARETTES FOR ASTHMA

Henry Hyde Salter a prominent physician in the mid 19th century believed that asthma and bronchitis could be treated by smoking. It was believed that smoking using medicated cigarettes using datura stramonium was an effective way of getting the medicine to the lungs. The cigarettes were meant to be used by any asthma patient above six years old. It later caused hallucinations and asthma aggravated.