have obtained a high degree of favour from the excellent manner in which they are made, and from their comparative cheapness. For information respecting the adulteration of cigars, and the influence of their use upon health, see Tobacco.
CIGARS. (In pharmacy.) Syn. Med′icated cigars, M. cigarettes′. The administration of medicinal agents in the form of cigars is of recent introduction, and as yet in only very limited use. The medicinal substance, if of a suitable description, as the leaves of plants, is made up into small rolls, like cheroots, and then smoked in the usual manner. In some cases, common cigars, or paper cigars (cigarettes), are medicated by moistening them in a preparation of the article to be administered. When the narcotic property of the tobacco would prove injurious, it is first exhausted by soaking and washing it in water.
Cigars, Aromatic. Syn. Aromatic cigarettes; Cigarettæ aromat′icæ, L.; Cigarettes aromatiques, Fr. Aromatic spices, lavender flowers, &c., made into cigarettes. Smoked for their odour; and in tooth-ache, face-ache, &c. See Cigars, Scented.
Cigars, Arsenical. Syn. Cigarr′æ arsenicales, L. Prep. Dissolve arseniate of soda, 1 part, in water, 30 parts; dip white, unsized paper into the solution, and form it into small rolls, 3 or 4 inches long. Used in pulmonary consumption; 4 or 5 whiffs as many times a day.
Cigars, Balsamic. Syn. Balsamic cigarettes; Cigarræ balsamicæ, Cigarettæ b., L. Thick, unsized paper is soaked in a solution of saltpetre and dried; after which it is brushed over first with tincture of cascarilla, and when again nearly dry, with compound tincture of benzoin; in about half an hour it is cut into pieces (11⁄2 × 4 inches), and rolled into cigarettes. Used in hoarseness, loss of voice, asthma, &c.
Cigars, Belladonna. Syn. Belladonna cigarettes; Cigarettæ belladonnæ, L. Prep. 1. Belladonna leaves made into cigarettes of 1 dr. each.
2. (Compound—C. b. compos′itum.) From belladonna leaves, 4 parts; moistened with tincture of opium (Ph. L.), 1 part; dried and made into 1 dr. cigarettes, as before.
Used as an anodyne and antispasmodic, in troublesome coughs, hooping-cough, toothache, sore throat, tic douloureux, &c.
Cigars, Camphor (Raspail, Paris). A remedy for various chest diseases, such as catarrh, hoarseness, loss of voice, coughs, spasms, hooping-cough, phthisis; also, if the saliva be swallowed, for heartburn, pains in the stomach, and gastritis. They consist either of a straw or quill filled with broken camphor, or of a bone or horn mouthpiece, furnished at the outer end with a little capsule for the camphor. (Wittstein.)
Cigars, Cam′phor. Syn. Camphor cigarettes; Cigarett′æ campho′ræ, L.; Cigarettes de camphre, Fr. Prep. 1. Bibulous paper, moistened with 2 or 3 drops of essence of camphor, and rolled into cigarettes. For use they are loosely placed in a tubular cigar-holder.