A history of cocaine
Subtitle: the mystery of coca java and the kew plant
By: Steven B. Karch [compiler/editor].
Contributors: Karch, Steven B.; Nevinný, Josef.; Reens, Emma.; Walger, Theodor.
Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Coca industry -- History.; Cocaine industry -- History.; Coca -- History.
Description: Sheds light into the early history of the cocaine industry when cocaine was a legal drug manufactured by major pharmaceutical companies. This book contains annotated translations of three rare, previously untranslated, late nineteenth and early twentieth century books on the chemistry, botany and ceonomics of the cocaine industry, with emphasis on the little known role of Netherlands and Indonesia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Contains annotated translations of three rare ... books on the ... cocaine industry"--P. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Biography of Josef Nevinny; title: The coca leaf : a pharmacognostic treatise / by Josef Nevinny; title: Biography of Emma Reens; title: Java coca / by Emma Reens; title: Biography of Theodor Walger; title: Coca : its history, geographic distribution and economic significance / by Theodor Walger; title: Persons, places and things.