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📘 An anatomy of addiction by Howard Markel

Anatomy of Addiction examines the decades-long cocaine use of famed figures Sigmund Freud and William Halsted. It details the physical and emotional harm the drug inflicted, while showing how each man’s eventual contributions altered psychology and medicine.

First publish date: 2011

Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography

Authors: Howard Markel

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