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Book 2011

An anatomy of addiction

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Publisher
Pantheon Books
Language
English
Published
2011
  • History
  • Cocaine
  • Surgeons
  • Anesthesiology
  • Cocaine abuse
  • History, 19th Century
  • Cocaine-Related Disorders
  • General Surgery

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.