An anatomy of addiction : Sigmund Freud, William Halsted and the miracle drug, cocaine /
Markel, Howard.
New York : Pantheon Books,
c2011.
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.
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.
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
Halsted, William, 1852-1922.
Psychoanalysts
Surgeons
Cocaine
Cocaine abuse.