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Über Coca is published in 1884 as Freud's public paper recommending cocaine

In 1884 Freud published Über Coca and recommended cocaine in a medical paper. Later controlled-substance law is not 1884. In the causal graph this event weakens Health-System Capacity, a driver that strengthens Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — a worsening welfare path.

Über Coca is published in 1884 as Freud's public paper recommending cocaine
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In 1884 Freud published Über Coca and recommended cocaine in a medical paper. The instrument is that paper. Later controlled-substance law is not 1884. Sigmund Freud's documented role is: He wrote the 1884 paper and recommended cocaine in print. Later anaesthetic uses by Koller are neighbouring and named. He did not run a cartel.

Context

Koller is the named neighbour for ocular anaesthesia. Sharing that credit is required. The Salpêtrière term is a different row. The setting of Über Coca is published in 1884 as Freud's public paper recommending cocaine is the public file around 1884-07-01. Driver health-system-capacity is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Über Coca is published in 1884 as Freud's public paper recommending cocaine on 1884-07-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Über Coca is published in 1884 as Freud's public paper recommending cocaine are separate paths.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Sigmund Freud

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.44 · verified

    He wrote the 1884 paper and recommended cocaine in print. Later anaesthetic uses by Koller are neighbouring and named. He did not run a cartel.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactÜber Coca is published in 1884 as Freud's public paper recommending cocaine
    2. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 1 July 1884 · verified

    • Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.24 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.6)

      Observed

      3.08 Per 1000 people · 1.24 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 3.07 Per 1000 people to 3.08 Per 1000 people.

      Above normal = better

    • Under-five mortality rate (global)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.5)

      Observed

      37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.

      Above normal = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.U.S. National Library of Medicine — portal for historical medical papersU.S. National Library of Medicine · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Sigmund Freud, Charcot and ParisEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: U.S. National Library of Medicine — portal for historical medical papers at https://www.nlm.nih.gov/ (opens in a new tab) (U.S. National Library of Medicine). Independent locator: Britannica — Sigmund Freud, cocaine neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sigmund-Freud (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: U.S. National Library of Medicine — portal for historical medical papers (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/ (opens in a new tab); U.S. National Library of Medicine). Independent carrier: Britannica — Sigmund Freud, cocaine neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sigmund-Freud (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of Über Coca is published in 1884 as Freud's public paper recommending cocaine under 1884-07-01 for Sigmund Freud. Established: a sourced public record of Über Coca is published in 1884 as Freud's public paper recommending cocaine under 1884-07-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Über Coca is published in 1884 as Freud's public paper recommending cocaine. Naming Sigmund Freud does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1884-07-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorSigmund Freud
  2. contributed toFactÜber Coca is published in 1884 as Freud's public paper recommending cocaine
  3. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
  4. strengthensIndicatorHospital beds (per 1,000 people)

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Factrail. (2026). Über Coca is published in 1884 as Freud's public paper recommending cocaine. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/fr-coca-1884

https://factrail.ai/facts/fr-coca-1884

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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