Stramonium Cigarettes - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 48023 | |||||
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Plant Name | 114.01 SOLANACEAE Datura stramonium | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Stramonium Cigarettes | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | United Kingdom | TDWG Region | United Kingdom | ||
| Parts Held | Stramonium Cigarettes | Geography Description | Great Britain | ||
| Uses | Stramonium CigarettesUse: SOCIAL USES - Smoking Materials/Drugs User: Man | TDWG use | SOCIAL USES - Smoking Materials/Drugs | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Stramonium cigarettes or Scroll - so long esteemed for relieving and even curing asthmas, has never been presented in the convenient form of a cigar, which proves to be the most easy way of smoking the plant, their being some exertion neces, sary for invalids in using a pipe. Dr Babington, M.D. very highly recommends Stramonium; he has found it affords more relief than any other means in chronic bronchitis, spasmodic cough and asthma; it may be smoked in the morning and again in the evening a, nd the quanity consumed must be regulated according to the circumstances of the case. Butler & Co, Herbalists, Covent Garden Market. | ||||