Merck's 1899 Manual Part 57

a.r.s.enic: in small doses in cases a.s.sociated with bronchitis or simulating hay fever, or in the bronchitis of children, or in the dyspeptic asthma. Inhaled as cigarettes with caution.

Asafetida: as an expectorant where there is profuse discharge.

Aspidospermine.

Atropine.

Belladonna: internally in large doses to relieve paroxysm. It should only be administered during a paroxysm and then pushed.

Bitter-Almond Water.

Bromides: only available in true spasmodic asthma; soon lose their efficacy.

Caffeine: 1 to 5 grn.

Camphor: 2 grn. combined with 1 grn. of opium, in spasmodic asthma.

Cannabis Indica: sometimes useful in chronic cases.

Chamois-Leather Waistcoat: reaching low down the body and arms, in bronchial asthma.

Chloral Hydrate: during paroxysm.

Chloralamide.

Chloroform: relieves when inhaled from tumbler or with warm water.

Cocaine.

Coffee: very strong, during paroxysm.

Colchicine or Colchic.u.m: in gouty cases.

Compressed or Rarified air.

Coniine Hydrobromate or Conium: palliative in a chronic case.

Counter-irritation: applied for a short time only, at frequent intervals.

Creosote: vapor in bronchitic asthma.

Diet and Hygiene.

Duboisine Sulphate.

Erythrol Tetranitrate.

Ether: in full doses at commencement of attack or administered by inhalation.

Ethyl Iodide: 15 to 20 drops inhaled may relieve spasm.

Eucalyptus: sometimes along with stramonium, belladonna, and tobacco.

Euphorbia pilulifera.

Galvanism of Pneumogastric Region: positive pole beneath mastoid process, negative pole to epigastrium.

Gelsemium: useful in some cases, but after a time may fail.

Grindelia: to prevent or cut short attack; used as cigarette.

Hyoscine Hydrobromate: in spasmodic asthma.

Ichthalbin.

Iodine: painting the line of the pneumogastric nerve with liniment or tincture in pure spasmodic asthma.

Ipecacuanha: as a spray in bronchial asthma, especially in children; useless in true asthma.

Lobelia: to prevent and cut short paroxysm. Cautiously used in cardiac weakness.

Lobeline Sulphate.

Menthol.

Mercurials: in spasmodic and bronchitic asthma combined.

Morphine: combined with belladonna, very useful.

Nitroglycerin: in bronchitic, nephritic and spasmodic asthma.

Nux Vomica: in dyspeptic asthma.

Oil Eucalyptus.

Oil of Amber.

Opium: hypodermically during paroxysm.

Oxygen: as inhalation during paroxysm.

Pepsin: exceedingly useful in preventing attacks in dyspeptic subjects.

Physostigma.

Pilocarpine Hydrochlorate: in spasmodic asthma, subcutaneously; also in humid asthma if there is no cardiac dilatation.

Pota.s.sium Bromide.