1890 Coca and its Therapeutic Application by Angelo Mariani

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New York MedicalJournal, October 24, 1885. "In another column we publish a letter from Dr.W. Oliver Moore,calling attention to an injustice that certain competing pharmacists have practiced toward Messrs. Mariani& Co.,in' pirating' published records of the suc cessful use of the Mariani preparations of Coca,and at the same time craftily making these records appear to apply to their own preparations. It is very much to be regretted that a house that has been so punctilious in avoiding even the semblance of any offense against the courtesy of trade should have been treated in this shabby way by some rival manufacturers."

31 Rue Gu^n£gaud, Paris, Dec. 8, 1887.

To the Editor ofthe New York MedicalJournal;

Will you kindly have it announced in your jour- nal, in justice to myself before the medical profession, that the various notices appearing in journals and cir culars quoting my name in connection with Coca are entirely false and in every respect a prevarication ? The only preparation of Coca employed by me vith un doubted and uniform success has been the so-well-known Vtn Mariani, which, since 1865, I have had occasion to prescribe daily in my clinique, as well as in private prac tice. My opinion of this valuable medicament has, dur ing many years, been frequently made known for the benefit of the profession in various writings, and it is but just to this worthy preparation that it receive all the honor due it. I thank you for compliance with my request.

Ch. Fauvel.