1892 Drinks of the world

CUCA.

— Sustaining Power of Cuca — Early Mention of it,

Where Grown

— Cowley on Cuca — Its Medicinal Properties — Its

and Methods of Preparing and Using it

Modern Manufacture and Cost

Cocaine and its Dangers. CUCA or Coca {Erythroxylon Coca) is now used as a drink, the leaves, hitherto, having been It has very vahiable medicinal qualities, one of the chief being- the ability to sustain fatigue by those who use it. It grows in the valleys of the eastern slope of the Andes, in Bolivia, and Peru ; wild in many places, but that in use is generally cultivated. It has been known ever since the Conquest of Peru, notices of it being very early ; and, considering the length of time this knowledge has obtained, it is marvellous that it is only of very late years that our scientific men have interested themselves in its medicinal properties, and that an infusion of its leaves has not come into common use. masticated.

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