The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30


 recognized to bs powerful Hippocratel cleared Athens of the plague by mean, or fumigatlon of aromatic plants, aftel all the other remedies had failed. Hs caused powerful scented flowers to bs hung up In all the houses. and al sorts of spices to be burnt in the pop. uioas streets, and thus succeeded h driving away the dreaded scourge. Since then the curious fact has beer noted that In cases of epidernics oi cholera in London and Paris no work. ins perfumer has been attacked by ths
 There was time when "ponme. damPre were believed to be excellent preventatives against bubonic plague IL was customary to carry them about and to smell them from time Go time The smoke from amber was long re- garded as able to prevent attacks oi
 Chfnese Valued Musk.
 The Chinese were probably the first to recognize and appreciate musk which Is furnished abundantly by the mountainous provinces of Mohana Manf and Mohang vinan.s Not only dd they passionately love this odor, but they attribute to. it a quantity of ther- apentlc properties. and emplcy,it even Tor curing headache. One of their most celebrated doctors. Pao-Po- Be, gives 1t as ascertain preservative akainst snakebite. He holds that when tray cling In the mountains a small ball of musk should be carried under the toe nall. for the musk deer, which fur nlshes the cder. feeds on reptiles and the scent drives them away.
 Travellers Tn the East Indies renort that when the mango is. ripe people of weakened or damaged health quickly recover by frequent walks in the sllad- ow of thls tree. It is also attested by more than one witness that many peo- pie fin England. thoroughly consufnb- tive. have recovered their health by walking or, riding in the plains in which saffron Is grown. and It has even been remarked that in all coun- tries the smell of freshly turned earth has beneficial effect .ir similar cases
 In other countries where there are many clowe trees the destruction of these trees render the air most un- wholesome. No one is Ignorant of the oeneneia1 effect of the resIhous odor or pines and ar trees on persons with weakened lungs. The odorous resins of the coniferae and terebfnthacoae, such as frankincense and myrrh. cen. tered into the composition of great number of pomades and ointments eni- pioyed Tor their maturing and resoIv- ent properties. Balsan of ToIu. Paru. vian and Mecca baIsam and benzoln are at the same time agreeable perfumes and excellent expectorants.
 Used by Sorrereps.
 At. different epochs, sorcerers sooth = savers and epchanters have had re- course to ointntents reputed to be magical, all the mystery of which re- sided In the ignorance of the substance from which they are formed
 Celebrated poisoners made great use Of perfumes. Meaa, deeply versed in this knowledge. recognized the good effects of baths of aromatic vapor. Therein lay what constituted the most certain of her magical power. Per fumsd gloves rings, burning torches have served in many circumstances for criminal maneuvers. According to all appearance their emanations were d sudden poison which killed by respIra- tion.
 Although legend plays, too great part In the facts, which Have just been related concerning the action of per fumes, It must be recognized that the aneients unwittingiy often made prof table use of their antiseptic properties in the prophy ylaxis of epidemics.