An anatomy of addiction : Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the miracle drug cocaine /


Howard Markel.
Bok Engelsk 2011 Howard. Markel,· Electronic books
Utgitt
New York : : Pantheon Books, , c2011.
Omfang
1 online resource (xx, 314 p. ) : ill. ;
Utgave
1st ed.
Opplysninger
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph. - Young Freud -- Young Halsted -- Uber coca -- An addict's death -- The accidental addict -- Cocaine damnation -- Sigmund in Paris -- Rehabilitating Halsted -- The interpretation of dreams -- The professor -- Dr. Freud's coca coda -- Dr. Halsted in limbo.. - 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.
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Freud, Sigmund, , 1856-1939.
Halsted, William, , 1852-1922.
Cocaine
Cocaine abuse
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ISBN
0-307-37981-7

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