Substitute for Tobacco.'
CHRYSAVTHEMUM PETALS. Since he announced in the Ijsncet In? succesful trial of fhrysanthenurm jietals as * substitute for tobacco, Ur. A. W. Martin, nu>dical officer of health, for Carton, near Manchester, hns Wi overwhelmed with inquiries us to the proper meihixl of preimring and smoking the flower oi Japan. "The method of preparation," «ai<l I'r. Martin, "is very simple. l'laie i the patsls cm a sheet of paper on 'he top of a ho! oven, and when <jjuiU dry are ready for us:. "Rollfd in the long diroction.they can b* smoked as cigarettes in tfie ordinary way. If used in e pipe, they sliouid be crush«H in the ha-Hs." Dr.Martt'n informs the Daily Mirror that ho was influenced in making his exp*in*nts >Jv tiro numbfrr ol patients w'io consulted him, whose condition was due to the effects of tobacco. Such smokers were miserable when deprived oi the customary pipe. Indeed. H was rarely the case that the patient did not ask if some substitute for the tobacco might not be used. Those who have userj chrysanthem.m petals find them a satisfying substitute, and their effect is actually !>enrficial. The petals of Ihe brown varieties, »hen dried, look much like rough tobacco. Chrysanthemum (letals, Dr. Martin says, are quite harmless, and he white flowers are even eaten as salad. In addition to tfieir use in cases of weak heart, one case is recorded of i man oured of chronic dyspepsia associated with epileptic fits. After suffering for fifteen years, the man began smoking chrysanthemum nixed with cascarilla. with the result hat the fits haw completely ceased ind bis whole physical condition has /astly improved. "Whether others similarly affected an be bcnifittGd to the same degnM, ■;ayß Dr. Martin, "can only bp proved by extended trials." Dr. Martin's discovery has caused soma enquiry already in London for these leaves.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7892, 7 August 1905, Page 4
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309Substitute for Tobacco.' Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7892, 7 August 1905, Page 4
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