![]() A very rare book and in terric condition. ![]() His original categories were Inebriantia (inebriants: alcohol or ether) Exitantia (stimulants like Kaht or ampehtamines) Euphorica (euphoriants and narcotics, like heroin) Hypnotica (tranquilizers, such as Kava) Phantastica (hallucinogens or entheogens, like peyote or Ayahuasca). One of Lewin's most enduring tasks was to create a system of classification of psychoactive drugs and plants on their pharmacologic action. In Berlin, a street and a nearby underground station are also named in his honor. He published the first methodical analysis of the Peyote cactus, a variant of which was named Anhalonium lewinii in his honor. ![]() He directed a private laboratory in Berlin and he was considered the leading toxicologist in Germany. He was the first researcher to study peyote with the Native Americans and the first to publish a monograph on kava. Louis Lewin was a German author of more than 200 major publications on the subject of pharmacology, including 12 books. Tall octavo, original embossed brown cloth, ornately stamped in gilt 216 pages plus six-page index. ![]() THE UNTOWARD EFFECTS OF DRUGS, A PHARMACOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL MANUAL. ![]()
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