Screen LibraryAn anatomy of addiction：Sigmund Freud, William Halsted and the miracle drug, cocaine
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Pantheon Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xx, 314 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780375423307 (hbk.) 0375423303 (hbk.) 9781400078790 (pbk.) 1400078792 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | K836 |
| CLC: |
K836.116.2 K837.126.2 D588-09 |
| Call Number: | D588-09/M345 |
| Contents: |
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. |