SECTION 44.
COCA.
Minute Dose
See Section 56, B.
Ordinary Dose
Adult, 1 to 2 drachms of the Fluid Extract. Child, see Section 56, B.
Hypodermatic Dose
Adult; 4 per cent. solution of the Muriate of Cocaine, 10 to 15 minims; or Salicylate of Cocaine, 2/3 grain in solution. Used mainly for Local Neuralgia - Vomiting of pregnancy (inject at pit of the stomach); effectual relief.
Opium Habit - Morphinism. - "At the height of excitement, a tablespoonful of the Fluid Extract of Coca brings the pulse rate down from 150 to 75; if the first dose fails after 3 hours give a second. To cure the habit take a dessertspoonful of the Fluid Extract of coca 3 or 4 times a day, or every time the depression and longing for the narcotic comes; gradually diminish the dose. Cure in 6 weeks. The same treatment cures the Alcohol habit. Coca put up as a masticatory in the form of plugs, like tobacco (Coca bola), is very convenient; a chew from which taken from time to time completely satisfies the craving for stimulants and at the same time removes all feeling of depression and fatigue. "
"To master the Opium Habit, take the opium in the usual quantity, with Gamboge added 1 part to 3. Disgust soon follows, and no after hankering remains. Cure effectual. "
Debility - Extreme nervousness. Take Coca, (Fluid Extract,) 1 teaspoonful or more, before breakfast and supper.
The same banishes the Blues - Cures Dyspepsia - Strengthens the voice of Singers and public speakers.
Impotence. - "Fluid Extract of Coca, 1 drachm, 3 times a day. " Damiana, 3 drachms of the Fluid Extract, 3 times a day for weeks, cured Impotence, Spermatorrhea, and Shrunken Testes. Sanguinaria tinct. 5 to 10 drops, 3 times a day, removed Relaxation of genital organs with Inaptitude.