Coca and its therapeutic application / by Angelo Mariani.

  • Mariani, Angelo.
Date:
1892
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Credit: Coca and its therapeutic application / by Angelo Mariani. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER IV. THERAPEUTIC ACTION OF COCA. low tiiat we understand the physiological proper- ties of Coca and Cocaine, we come to the study of the different morbid states in which these substances may be usefully employed. DISEASES OF THE MOUTH. Gazeau advises the use of Coca for inflammations of the mouth and gums. Pain is assuaged, ptyalism removed, and the inflammation itself favorably influenced. He cites, in support of his opinion, the use which the Peruvi- ans make of it in affections of the mouth, and mentions cases of mercurial stomatitis treated with this agent and cured in a short time, in his practice. Demarle (1), before him, expressed himself thus: “ I have used Coca for mercurial stomatitis. The affection disappeared on the third day of treatment; nothing else had been administered.” In cases where the gums are soft, fungous, ulcerated, or bleeding, and these changes depend on local or constitu- tional conditions. Coca is equally indicated. Gazeau pre- fers it even to potassium chlorate. (i) Thhe de Paris, 1862.