| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xx, 314 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-304) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
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Halsted, William, 1852-1922.
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Psychoanalysts -- Austria -- Biography.
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Surgeons -- United States -- Biography.
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Cocaine -- History.
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Cocaine abuse.
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Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939. |
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Halsted, William, 1852-1922. |
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General Surgery -- Biography. |
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Psychoanalysis -- Biography. |
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Anesthesia -- history. |
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Anesthesiology -- history. |
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Cocaine-Related Disorders -- history. |
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History, 19th Century -- Biography. |
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History, 20th Century -- Biography. |
| ISBN |
9780375423307 (hbk.) |
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0375423303 (hbk.) |
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