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THE CACO PLANT

Sir,—ln answer to in Tnß Dominion of Friday, June 21, I will begin by drawing attention to the fact that: cocaine, a drug much used by dentists, and doctors to prevent pain in opthalmic operations, is prepared from cacO' leaves, and doctors, as a rule, would not recommend its use except under medical advice. In Northern and Central South America millions of the natives chew the leaves now, and have (.ono so from time immemorial. On the phlegmatic Indian the effects of tlie moderate) use are apparently to be preferred •to the use of opium or spirits, especially at considerable elevations _above the level, of tho sea; but the excessive use seems to .be quite as bad as tho excessive us® of opium or spirits; but there (seems lo bo much loss risk of excess with caco., and in tho ordinary way it is used it seems to give increased ability to endure long sustained exertion, with a decreased inclination for food, and a greatly lessened inclination to eloep.—l am, etc., A. ALLISOX.

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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 244, 3 July 1918, Page 6

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THE CACO PLANT Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 244, 3 July 1918, Page 6

THE CACO PLANT Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 244, 3 July 1918, Page 6

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