 Without it, he is miserable and will not work. It is said to be a powerful stimulant to the nervous system, and, like strong coffee or tea, to take away sleep; but, unlike tobacco and other stimulants, no one has known it to be injurious to the health....  Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon - Pàgina 87per William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon - 1854 - 414 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Johann Jakob von Tschudi - 1847 - 384 pàgines
...attentive observation of the effects of coca, I am fully convinced that its use, in moderation, is no way detrimental to health ; and that without it...through the labor which he now performs. The coca plant must be considered as a great blessing to Peru. It is an essential means of preserving the nationality... | |
 | 1847 - 538 pàgines
...attentive observation of the effects of coca, I am fully convinced that its use, in moderation, is no way detrimental to health; and that, without it,...spare diet, would be incapable of going through the labour which he now performs. The coca plant must be considered as a great blessing to Peru. It is... | |
 | Johann Jakob von Tschudi - 1847 - 528 pàgines
...attentive observation of the effects of coca, I am fully convinced that its use, in moderation, is no way detrimental to health ; and that without it...spare diet, would be incapable of going through the labour which he now performs* The coca plant must be considered as a great blessing to Peru. U is an... | |
 | 1847 - 508 pàgines
...attentive observation of the effects of coca, I am fully convinced that its use, in moderation, is no way detrimental to health; and that, without it,...spare diet, would be incapable of going through the labour which he now performs. The coca plant must be considered as a great blessing to Peru. It is... | |
 | Johann Jacob von Tschudi - 1847 - 530 pàgines
...attentive observation of the effects of coca, I am fully convinced that its use, in moderation, is no way detrimental to health ; and that without it...spare diet, would be incapable of going through the labour which he now performs. The coca plant must be considered as a great blessing to Peru. It is... | |
 | 1848 - 544 pàgines
...attentive observation of the effects of coca, I am fully convinced that its use, in moderation, is no way detrimental to health; and that without it...spare diet, would be incapable of going through the labour which he now performs. The coca plant must be considered as a great blessing to Peru. It is... | |
 | William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon - 1854
...leaf of this plant is to the Indian of Peru what tobacco is to our laboring classes in the South — a luxury, which has become a necessity. Supplied with...days without intermission, except for two hours each night — and this without food. Immediately after the work the Indian accompanied him on a two-days... | |
 | William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon - 1853 - 460 pàgines
...of it, he sometimes performs prodigies of labor, and can go without food for several days. AVithout it, he is miserable and will not work. It is said...days without intermission, except for two hours each night — and this without food. Immediately after the work the Indian accompanied him on a two-days... | |
 | William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon - 1853 - 460 pàgines
...of it, ho sometimes performs prodigies of labor, and can go without food for several days. nWithout it, he is miserable and will not work. It is said...great blessing to Peru. He relates that an Indian, emploved by him in digging, worked hard for five nights and days without intermission, except for two... | |
 | William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon - 1854 - 470 pàgines
...leaf of this plant is to the Indian of Peru what tobacco is to our laboring classes in the South — a luxury, which has become a necessity. Supplied with...would be incapable of going through the labor •which ho now performs. The coca plant he therefore considers as a great blessing to Peru. He relates that... | |
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