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Now a National Bestselling Book
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Now in Paperback
An Anatomy of Addiction
Acclaimed medical historian Howard Markel, explores the cocaine use of Freud and Halsted.
Addiction
Addiction, for example, was not even a bona fide medical diagnosis until the mid-1880s. The word’s original meaning dates to an edict of ancient Roman law…
Cocaine & the Brain
At first glance, a clump of cocaine appears pearly-white crystalline, and innocuous.
Freud and Halsted
Each became dependent upon a substance that nearly destroyed their lives.
Read the exciting reviews for the New York Times best seller An Anatomy of Addiction Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug Cocaine by Howard Markel in the Reviews and Endorsements section.
Howard Markel answers questions about what got him interested in addiction, how he came to focus on Freud and Halsted, and his views on society’s changing reaction to cocaine use. Learn more in the Q&A section.
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