Cocaine: From Medical Marvel to Modern Menace in the United States, 1884-1920 by Joseph F. Spillane

Cocaine: From Medical Marvel to Modern Menace in the United States, 1884-1920

Joseph F. Spillane

240 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
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In 1884 American physicians discovered the anesthetic value of cocaine, and over the next three decades this substance derived from the coca plant became so popular that it became, ironically, a public health problem. Demand exceeded supply; abuse...

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