Coltsfoot as an Antidote to Tobacco
A FRENCH physician, according to the Scientific American, claims to have ascertained that the mixture of coltsfoot leaves with smoking tobacco, antidotes its poisonous effects without impairing its flavor. Further experiments will be needed to convince the world that any such effect is more than a mere change in the symptoms resulting from it. The soothing, narcotic—that is to say, poisonous—effect is what gives it its attraction to its users, and any innovation eliminating this entirely would hardly be welcomed by them. Those who dislike the flavor for its own sake, will hope no such device may increase its public use; and nothing of the sort can keep it from being a waste of money.