Asthmador

Asthmador was a nonpresciption treatment for the relief of bronchial asthma made by the R. Schiffmann Company. It consisted of a mixture of belladonna, stramonium and potassium perchlorate[1], and was a fine powder intended to be burnt and the smoke inhaled. The primary alkaloid present in the mixture was hyoscyamine, and when the powder was ingested rather than burnt, could be used to induce hallucinations.[1] [2]

References

  1. ^ a b Beat Portrait: Timothy Leary John Thomas
  2. ^ Martin H. Keeler, MD; Francis J. Kane Jr, MD (1967). "The Use of Hyoscyamine as a Hallucinogen and Intoxicant". American Journal of Psychiatry 124: 852–854.