An anatomy of addiction : Sigmund Freud, William Halsted and the miracle drug, cocaine / Howard Markel.
Markel, Howard.
2011
BF109.A1 M37 2011 (Mapit)
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Title An anatomy of addiction : Sigmund Freud, William Halsted and the miracle drug, cocaine / Howard Markel.
Author Markel, Howard.
ISBN 9780375423307
0375423303
Publication Details New York : Pantheon Books, c2011.
Language English
Description xx, 314 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number BF109.A1 M37 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 362.29/80922
Summary The astonishing account of the decades-long cocaine use of Sigmund Freud and William Halsted. The author discusses the physical and emotional damage caused by the constant use of the then-heralded wonder drug, and of how each man ultimately changed the world in spite of it--or because of it.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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