Word: camphor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...widely touted "cure" for athlete's foot should not be sold to the public, announced the Food & Drug Administration. Reason: this particular mixture, composed of camphor and phenol (carbolic acid) "is capable of producing necrosis [gangrene] and is too dangerous for indiscriminate use." According to the Administration, phenol-camphor should be sold only on a physician's prescription, must be labeled POISON, and be plastered with warnings, instructions, first-aid directions in case of accident...
...Excessive use of solutions containing ephedrine, adrenalin, benzedrine, neosyne-phrine, menthol and camphor is to be condemned." Reasons: 1) such drugs may eventually cause tiny blood vessels in the nose to become swollen with blood; 2) the chemicals may irritate the nasal membranes. Oily drops may be inhaled into the lungs, cause pneumonia. Frequent irrigations with saltwater drops may "waterlog" the membranes, spread infections...