Application of Vicks VapoRub to the soles of children's feet effectively counters nighttime cough. This advisory that applying Vicks Vaporub (a brand of mentholated topical cream) to the bottom of one ...
In 1894, the Greensboro pharmacist Lunsford Richardson II developed a mentholated topical ointment, Vicks Magic Croup Salve, to cure a common infant affliction: congestion and a barking cough. Named ...