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Cocaine, the Victorian wonder drug

Today, cocaine has a very poor public image as one of the causes of crime and violence. But for the Victorians it was welcomed as the saviour of modern surgery.

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Plant portraits

The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.

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Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high

The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.

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Tripping for spiritualism and science

Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.

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  • Equipment for the application of a local ether anaesthetic.
  • Quinine-Urea-Hydrochloride as a local anaesthetic and as a dressing for infected wounds.
  • Quinine-Urea-Hydrochloride as a local anaesthetic and as a dressing for infected wounds.
  • Quinine-Urea-Hydrochloride as a local anaesthetic and as a dressing for infected wounds.
  • Quinine-Urea-Hydrochloride as a local anaesthetic and as a dressing for infected wounds.
  • Kelene (Κ́ηλ́ε or I calm) : pure chloride of ethyl, local anaesthetic in glass tubes.
  • Kelene (Κ́ηλ́ε or I calm) : pure chloride of ethyl, local anaesthetic in glass tubes.
  • Kelene (Κ́ηλ́ε or I calm) : pure chloride of ethyl, local anaesthetic in glass tubes.
  • Kelene (Κ́ηλ́ε or I calm) : pure chloride of ethyl, local anaesthetic in glass tubes.
  • Percaine "CIBA" : The new local anaesthetic for regional, infiltration, surface and spinal anaesthesia ... not a narcotic. Economical in use. Belongs chemically to a class entirely different from cocaine & its derivatives / Clayton Aniline Co. Ltd.
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