Thanks very much for this!  Alas, I do not know who thank since there  is no
name.
Sincerely, Prof. Haine



Came across this article from  the New York Times.  Almost forgot if I was
checking the news or doing  research.


THE  USE OF STIMULANTS BY ATHLETES:Drugs Designed for This Purpose Not
Favored.
From The Medical Record..  New York Times (1857-Current  file) New York,
N.Y.:Dec 1, 1895.   p. 16 (1 pp.)
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Abstract  (Document Summary)
The alert  mind of the modern drug manufacturer has not failed to take note
of the  extraordinary interest and widespread indulgence in athletics and
sports  of every kind. The bicycle, field and track athletics, football, golf --
all these things have increased enormously the number of contests in which  the
person who has the greatest physical vigor and endurance wins.   It has
occurred naturally to the pharmaceutist, therefore, that some  substance which
would make the competitor in athletic sports keep his wind  and his strength a
little longer would be eagerly seized upon.  We  hear already of bicyclists who
use various coca and kola compounds in  order to help them in their work.  It
is even rumored that  preparations of cocaine are consumed to some extent.

We feel  sure that all true atheletes would disdain any such injurious and
adventitious aids, but there is a vast number of persons who take such  things
thoughtlessly and injury is done thereby.  The announcements  which are made
in advertisements of various stimulants, in which it is  claimed that they save
the strength and promote the endurance of bicyclers  and atheletes generally
are very much to be deprecated.  There are no  drugs which will help one to
win a game that could not be won without  them, and the general effect of drug
taking, and especially of the use of  drugs belonging to the caffein and
cocaine class. is distinctly bad.   We believe that the medical profession ought
seriously to warn those with  whom they come in contact professionally against
the use of such  things.