An anatomy of addiction : Sigmund Freud, William Halsted and the miracle drug, cocaine / Howard Markel.
By: Markel, Howard.
New York : Pantheon Books, c2011Edition: 1st ed.Description: xx, 314 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0375423303 (hbk.); 9780375423307 (hbk.); 9781400078790 (pbk.).Subject(s): Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 | Halsted, William, 1852-1922 | Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 | Halsted, William, 1852-1922 | Cocaine abuse | Cocaine -- History | Psychoanalysts -- Austria -- Biography | Surgeons -- United States -- Biography | General Surgery -- Biography | Psychoanalysis -- Biography | Anesthesia -- history | Anesthesiology -- history | Cocaine-Related Disorders -- history | History, 19th Century -- Biography | History, 20th Century -- BiographyGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 362.29/80922Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-304) and index.
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.