The Shocking History of Drugs by Richard Mathison
Includes chapters on the Evil Eye, alchemy, cannibalism, poisons, pain, plagues, syphilis, love potions, quackery, make-up, embalming, stimulants, depressives, among other subjects.
Ballantine, 1958.
254 pp.
Paperback. Very good.
A few notes in pen and pencil.