An anatomy of addiction
Subtitle: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted and the miracle drug, cocaine
By: Howard Markel
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780375423307
Subjects: History; Cocaine; Surgeons; Anesthesiology; Cocaine abuse; History, 19th Century; Cocaine-Related Disorders; General Surgery; History, 20th Century; Psychoanalysis; Anesthesia; Biography; Psychoanalysts
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: Young Freud; title: Young Halsted; title: Uber coca; title: An addict's death; title: The accidental addict; title: Cocaine damnation; title: Sigmund in Paris; title: Rehabilitating Halsted; title: The interpretation of dreams; title: The professor; title: Dr. Freud's coca coda; title: Dr. Halsted in limbo.