An anatomy of addiction : Sigmund Freud, William Halsted and the miracle drug, cocaine
(2011)
By:
Markel, Howard
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
362.298/MARKEL,H
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Pantheon Books, [2011]
©2011
©2011
DESCRIPTION
xx, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780375423307, 0375423303
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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