I cannot, however, resist mentioning the endurance of a big black Senegalais, who won the admiration of both doctors and neighbors by refusing morphine or cocaine, and insisting on having the seven bullets that were lodged in his neck and throat withdrawn thus-never uttering a murmur!
"My Home In The Field of Honor"
Frances Wilson Huard
He liked to have the girls come into his study when he was not too busy, and there he sat figuring on the probable effect of cocaine or atropine in a certain case, while the girls read or talked.
"Rose of Dutcher's Coolly"
Hamlin Garland
He insisted on having cocaine, and then begged the doctor to be careful!
"My War Experiences in Two Continents"
Sarah Macnaughtan