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Coca and Cocaine

Chapter 1: Transcriber’s Notes
By William Martindale
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The work surveys early and later accounts of the plant and its traditional leaf use, outlines botanical characteristics and methods of cultivation and drying, and collects traveler observations on its stimulant and appetite-suppressing effects. It summarizes pharmaceutical preparations and recipes, presents chemical analysis of the chief alkaloid and its salts with tests for purity, and reviews reported medical applications including topical anesthetic uses, modes of dispensing, and economic considerations, while noting potential misuse and offering practical guidance for selection and storage of material.

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Title: Coca and Cocaine

Their history, medical and economic uses, and medicinal preparations

Author: William Martindale

Release date: April 26, 2023 [eBook #70643]

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: H. K. Lewis, 1892

Credits: deaurider, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

1. ERYTHROXYLON COCA. 2. BACK OF LEAF (Full size.)
3. FLOWER (enlarged.) 4. FRUIT.