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To: IceShark who wrote (35070)11/8/2000 11:03:06 AM
From: Archie Meeties  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
I think it was Freud who first used cocaine in Western medicine.

An excellent local anesthetic, still used by benevolent ENT physicians to pack noses.



To: IceShark who wrote (35070)11/8/2000 11:09:54 AM
From: Mama Bear  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
"back in 1885 it was far from uncommon to use cocaine in
patent medicines (which is what Coca-Cola was originally marketed as) and other medical potions.
"

snopes.com

Regards,

Barb