An Anatomy of Addiction by Howard Markel

An Anatomy of Addiction by Howard Markel

Acclaimed medical historian Howard Markel traces the careers of two brilliant young doctors--Sigmund Freud, neurologist, and William Halsted, surgeon--showing how their powerful addictions to cocaine shaped their enormous contributions to psychology and medicine.

When Freud and Halsted began their experiments with cocaine in the 1880s, neither they, nor their colleagues, had any idea of the drug's potential to dominate and endanger their lives. An Anatomy of Addiction tells the tragic and heroic story of each man, accidentally struck down in his prime by an insidious malady: tragic because of the time, relationships, and health cocaine forced each to squander; heroic in the intense battle each man waged to overcome his affliction. Markel writes of the physical and emotional damage caused by the then-heralded wonder drug, and how each man ultimately changed the world in spite of it--or because of it. One became the father of psychoanalysis; the other, of modern surgery. Here is the full story, long overlooked, told in its rich historical context.

George E. Markel, M.D., Ph.D., is the George E. Markel, M.D., Ph.D., is the George E. Markel, M.D Wantz Distinguished Professor of Medical History and Director of the University of Michigan's Institute for Medical History. Quarantine! is one of his books. He is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio and has written published in The New York Times, The Journal of the American Medical Association, and The New England Journal of Medicine. Markel lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine.

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ISBN 13	9780375423307
ISBN 10	0375423303
Title	An Anatomy of Addiction
Author	Howard Markel
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2011-07-19
Number of pages	314
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