What are legitimate uses of cocaine?

Cocaine has a number of legitimate medical uses. It is used as a topical anesthetic for eye and ear surgery. It is also used in a concoction called Brompton's Cocktail. Brompton's Cocktail is a mixture of morphine, cocaine, vodka, and cherry syrup. It is given to cancer patients. The morphine is to kill the pain, while the cocaine is to counteract the sleepiness caused by the morphine. The alcohol and cherry syrup are there just to make people feel better about what they are taking. Many people have unreasonable prejudices against morphine and cocaine, so the inclusion of the alcohol lets them feel as if they are just having an ordinary cocktail. Interestingly, alcohol kills at least 25 times as many people as all the people killed by morphine and cocaine combined, and alcohol is more addictive than cocaine, so their prejudice is a bit misplaced. See http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/medical/meduse.htm