“Howard Markel eloquently tells the parallel stories of these two pathbreaking physicians (William Halstead and Sigmund Freud) and how their stories intersect in remarkable and sometimes tragic ways . . . Markel's extraordinary achievement combines first-rate history of medicine and outstanding cultural history.” (from Publisher's Weekly,)AN ANATOMY OF ADDICTION: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug Cocaine
By Howard Markel Illustrated. 314 pages. Pantheon Books. $28.95.
NY Times Review, July 20, 2011. Also reviewed in the Sunday Times by Sjerwin Nuland.
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