Title: An anatomy of addiction
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.
Subjects: History, Cocaine, Surgeons, Anesthesiology, Cocaine abuse, History, 19th Century, Cocaine-Related Disorders, General Surgery, History, 20th Century, Psychoanalysis, Anesthesia, Biography, Psychoanalysts, New York Times reviewed, Freud, sigmund, 1856-1939, Halsted, william stewart, 1852-1922, Psychoanalysts, biography, Surgeons, biography, Anesthesia, history, History, modern, 19th century
Places: United States, Austria
People: Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), William Halsted (1852-1922)