I had a absolute blast talking to Dan Snow & HistoryHit about the history of cocaine: 🌿 Its cultural importance for the Inca people 💉 Revolutions it wrought in Victorian medicine 🔎 Why Sherlock Holmes took cocaine ❌ How & when it was criminalised Check it out: podfollow.com/dan-snows-hi...

Dan Snow's History Hit

<p>Historian Dan Snow investigates the 'how' and 'why' of history's defining moments.</p><br><p>From the Colosseum of Ancient Rome and the battlefields of Waterloo to the tomb ...

Recall it had some early popularity as a local anaesthetic, especially for eye surgery. When did ophthalmologists stop using it, and was it replaced before criminalisation? Or is this something I should listen to find out?