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Anatomy Of Addiction: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, And The Miracle Drug Cocaine (2014)

by Howard Markel(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1283996715 (ISBN13: 9781283996716)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Vintage Books

review 1: I wish I had read text books like this when I was in school. Very enjoyable and educational. It's very unfortunate what the FDA has become, but after reading this you realize how much experimenting was done in the late 1800's and early 1900's with medicine. It is to our benefit that controlled studies occur with new drugs, however, it too is in need of reform. I think there was a lot of PRAYER going on in hospitals back then!Great book about two amazing men and their addictions, and frankly how addictive substances affect people differently. Lots on insight into Freud that was very interesting. Lots of insight into John's Hopkins, medicine in general and how it unfolded at that time.
review 2: This is an interesting and very well written book which chronicles t... morehe cocaine addiction of two of the most prominent medical minds of the late 19th, early 20th century, Sigmund Freud and William Halsted. The latter may not be a familiar name, but he was one of the four founding physicians of the new Johns Hopkins medical school and was perhaps the most famous surgeon of his time. The author discusses at great length the details of their addiction and the role that it might have played in the development of both Freud's psychoanalysis theories and Halsted's surgical approaches and how he interacted and trained students. There is also much interesting information about the history of cocaine and the biochemistry of its effects. Cocaine and opiates were widely available at the time and freely prescribed for all manner of maladies. And yes, public consumption of cocaine is how Coca-cola began. Worth a read. Recommended. less

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