Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

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

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

New York: J. H. Vail, 1901.

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.

Facet Tags

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

Subjects

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://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/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