Stimulant Effects Quotes
He professed an appreciation of traditional herbs including the chewing if coca leaves—a method of ingesting a mild dose of cocaine. He claimed to be very healthy but he died at a relatively early age from intestinal cancer. He was a large, heavy set man, who was obese but to many ignorant people appear to be robust, well fed, and healthy.
Lister only compared opium in its then usual form. Stronger opiate derivatives such as Heroin and morphine were not studied by him at the time.