Historical Bibliography Updated: February 9, 2020

Peru: The history of coca, “the divine plant of the Incas”.

MORTIMER, William Golden (1854 – 1933) nyhistory.org

Publication Details

New York: J. H. Vail, 1901 CE.

The most comprehensive work on the coca plant and the history of its use by the Incas and their descendants. Reprinted, San Francisco, And/Or Press, 1974.

Browse Tags

Americas (non-U.S.)
Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Thematic Classifications

COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Peru Latin American Medicine › History of Latin American Medicine PHARMACOLOGY › History of Pharmacology & Pharmaceuticals PHARMACOLOGY › PHARMACEUTICALS › Botanic Sources of Single Component Drugs › Coca

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#2040.1
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/2212
Author Bio Link	nyhistory.org ↗
External URL	peru-the-history-of-coca-the-divine-plant-of-the-incas

Geographic Context

Publication place: New York

Mentioned in annotation: San Francisco, CA