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.
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Omfang | 1 online resource (xx, 314 p. ) : ill. ;
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Utgave | 1st ed.
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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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Emner | Freud, Sigmund, , 1856-1939.
Halsted, William, , 1852-1922. Cocaine Cocaine abuse Vis mer... Cocaine - History.
Psychoanalysts - History - Austria Psychoanalysts - Austria Surgeons - United States Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Anesthesia Anesthesia and Analgesia Anesthesiology Behavioral Disciplines and Activities Behavioral Sciences Biography Cocaine-Related Disorders Disciplines and Occupations Diseases General Surgery Health Occupations History History, 19th Century History, 20th Century History, Modern 1601- Humanities Medicine Mental Disorders Psychiatry Psychiatry and Psychology Psychoanalysis Publication Characteristics Publication Components Specialties, Surgical Substance-Related Disorders Psychology Social Sciences Anesthesia - history. Anesthesiology - history. Cocaine-Related Disorders - history. |
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ISBN | 0-307-37981-7
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