http://mindhacks.com/2010/03/04/cocaine-surgery-and-an-experiment-too-far/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:46:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2010/03/04/cocaine-surgery-and-an-experiment-too-far/#comment-5031 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:02:43 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/cocaine-surgery-and-an-experiment-too-far/#comment-5031 “After reading this report, Halsted quickly obtained cocaine and began a series of experiments on himself, colleagues, and medical students that led to the development of local and regional anesthesia”.
At least he had the cojones to experiment with this stuff on himself and volunteers…………
But what a prose style! And only a year after he started on the experiments! If taking drugs makes you write like a bad combination of Henry James and St. Paul, better stay off them altogether, I say.

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