Project Gutenberg 2023-04-26 Public domain in the USA. 326 Martindale, William 1840 1902 Coca and Cocaine : $b Their history, medical and economic uses, and medicinal preparations $aUnited Kingdom :$bH. K. Lewis, $c1892. 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) "Coca and Cocaine: Their History, Medical and Economic Uses, and Medicinal Preparations" by William Martindale is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the historical context, cultural significances, and various uses of the coca plant and its alkaloid, cocaine, over the centuries. It addresses misconceptions and provides insights into the medical and economic implications of coca and cocaine, highlighting their significance in different contexts. The opening of the book introduces the transcriber’s notes, dealing primarily with typographical corrections and standardisation of text. It includes the prefaces to both the first and second editions, sequentially setting the stage for a discussion on the coca plant's historic reputation, its uses among the indigenous populations of Peru, and the evolving perceptions of these uses by European society. Martindale outlines the initial skepticism surrounding the benefits attributed to coca and cocaine, counterbalanced by emerging scientific insights, and hints at the discussions and chapters to follow that will offer detailed examinations of coca's cultivation, its sociocultural implications, and the development of cocaine as a medicinal and economic product. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/b2811579x 20210408085332martindale 1892 GB Reading ease score: 56.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Cocaine Coca RM Text Category: History - Other Category: Health & Medicine Category: Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology 215356 2025-07-28T05:33:09.317866 text/html 215268 2023-04-25T23:38:04 text/html 633661 2025-07-28T05:33:14.662810 application/epub+zip 631882 2025-07-28T05:33:10.687839 application/epub+zip 249545 2025-07-28T05:33:09.949849 application/epub+zip 1584507 2025-07-28T05:33:17.613798 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1561847 2025-07-28T05:33:14.054853 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 186895 2025-07-28T05:33:08.939859 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 186696 2023-04-25T23:38:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18147 2025-07-28T05:33:17.755833 application/rdf+xml 15429 2025-07-28T05:33:10.165858 image/jpeg 2048 2025-07-28T05:33:10.057816 image/jpeg 71616 2023-04-25T23:38:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 671094 2023-04-25T23:38:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 673378 2025-07-28T05:33:09.345822 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog