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Re: The Curse of The Mummies

COCA - Erythroloxylon Coca:  leaves used as stimulants by Peruvian Indians.
"The Treasury of Botany" - printed 1876.
Is that the plant???
THE SAME SOURCE; abbreviated
Erythroloxlon:
Numerous species, majority native to tropical S America & W Indies islands,
also Madagascar & Mauritius.  Mainly bushy shrubs, sometimes small trees.
Most interesting: E coca, most interesting of species, on account of it
being extensively cultivated. 
The book goes on to state that it is of ancient origin and extensively
cultivated for "masticatory" purposes and originated with the Incas.
It also states: "When used by the Indian with a chew of "Spadic" in his
mouth and mixed with lime or the ashes of Ceropia, the poor Indian is able
to go without food for two to three days and without the desire for sleep.
The tome adds, however, "when taken in excess it produces intoxication, of a
character resemblingthat of opium rather than alcahol, but not so violent,
but the consequences of its prolonged use are quite as injurious, and very
few who become slaves to the habit attain an old age"
The habit is most common to the natives of Peru, Quito, New Grenada, also
seen on the banks of the Rio Negro [1876]



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