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  • Coca and Cocaine

    Enriched edition. Their history, medical and economic uses, and medicinal preparations

    In "Coca and Cocaine," William Martindale delves into the complex relationship between the coca plant and its derivative, cocaine, exploring both their botanical characteristics and the socio-economic contexts that have shaped their use. Martindale employs a clear, analytical literary style, combining scientific inquiry with historical narrative, to trace the plant's journey from indigenous use in ... Leer más

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  • Coca and Cocaine

    The earliest accounts extant of Coca are contained in the writings of the historians who treat of the Spanish conquests in South America in the sixteenth century, and of Spanish travellers and Jesuit missionaries who followed in their wake.Pedro de Cieza de Leon thus writes,[2](A.D. 1532 to 1550):—“I have observed in all parts of the West Indies, where I have been, that the natives delight in ... Leer más

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  • COCA AND COCAINE THEIR HISTORY MEDICAL AND ECONOMIC USES AND MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS

    I have been induced to compile this brochure, as supplementary to the short description of Coca given in the “Extra Pharmacopeia,” on account of the attention this plant, and its alkaloid Cocaine, have excited during the past eighteen months.Although made known to us soon after the conquest of Peru by Pizarro — more than three centuries ago — the accounts travellers have given of Coca have only ... Leer más

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  • Coca And Cocaine Their History Medical And Econom, And Medicinal Preparations

    "COCA AND COCAINE THEIR HISTORY MEDICAL AND ECONOM, AND MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS" by WILLIAM MARTINDALE is a classic work that represents the essence of its genre. This book offers readers an engaging experience, reflecting the author’s distinctive style, depth, and vision. ... Leer más

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  • Coca And Cocaine Their History Medical And Econom, And Medicinal Preparations

    "COCA AND COCAINE THEIR HISTORY MEDICAL AND ECONOM, AND MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS" by WILLIAM MARTINDALE is a classic work that represents the essence of its genre. This book offers readers an engaging experience, reflecting the author’s distinctive style, depth, and vision. ... Leer más

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  • The Killer Bean of Calabar and Other Stories

    Poisons and poisoners

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  • Phantastica

    A Classic Survey on the Use and Abuse of Mind-Altering Plants

    Long out of print, this is a landmark study on narcotic and psychedelic substances by a world-renowned pharmacologist and toxicologist• The first book to bring non-judgmental scientific insights to the use of drugs around the world• Provides detailed information on all major drugs of the time, including opium, cocaine, heroin, cannabis, peyote, fly agaric, henbane, datura, alcohol, kava, betel, ... Leer más

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  • The hair: its growth, care, diseases and treatment

    The human hair being an ornament which it is almost everybody's endeavour to preserve inviolate as long as possible, it is explicable, why the fear of losing that ornament has become a matter of speculation of charlatanism on the credulity of the public. The best means of confounding the designs of such speculations, is the statement of real facts, distributing thus the light of knowledge.The ... Leer más

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  • Coca

    Divine Plant of the Incas

    Coca is a plant with a complex array of mineral nutrients, essential oils, and varied compounds with greater or lesser pharmacological effects – one of which happens to be the alkaloid cocaine, which in its concentrated, synthesized form is a stimulant drug with possible addictive properties. Of all the plants introduced to the world by American Indian societies, few have been as controversial as ... Leer más

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  • History of Embalming and of Preparations in Anatomy, Pathology, and Natural History

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    This is a history of the process of embalming dead bodies, something that people have been doing for thousands of years. From the preface: “I have considered it my duty to give here the details of the composition of the liquids employed, either as baths or injections, by the physician and naturalist; the interest of science imposing on me this obligation. But, as regards embalming, the same motive ... Leer más

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  • The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines - The Original Classic Edition

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