My Grandpa had asthma and emphysema. He had his Asthmador powder in a little tin box he kept in the glove box of his pickup. I know several times when I was with him as a little kid he would have an asthma attack and light up the powder in the box to inhale the smoke. I thought it smelled awful but that was Grandpa's medicine.
I was a pretty sheltered kid. First concert I went to without my parents (Bon Jovi, 1989) I was enjoying the show and then smelled something from the row behind. "Someone's got asthma..."
So I think there may have been even more than the above listed ingredients.
shesewsandspeaks t1_iugec3b wrote
Reply to TIL: Asthmador was an asthma treatment in the US in the 1950s. It was made up of 3 toxic/hallucinogenic compounds belladonna (atropine), stramonium (nightshade/jimson weed), and potassium perchlorate (oxidant commonly used in fireworks). One common delivery method for Asthmador - cigarettes! by Geek_Nan
My Grandpa had asthma and emphysema. He had his Asthmador powder in a little tin box he kept in the glove box of his pickup. I know several times when I was with him as a little kid he would have an asthma attack and light up the powder in the box to inhale the smoke. I thought it smelled awful but that was Grandpa's medicine.
I was a pretty sheltered kid. First concert I went to without my parents (Bon Jovi, 1989) I was enjoying the show and then smelled something from the row behind. "Someone's got asthma..."
So I think there may have been even more than the above listed ingredients.
Miss you, Grandpa.