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UNINA9910795982103321 |
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Autore |
Black Sara E. |
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Titolo |
Drugging France : mind-altering medicine in the long nineteenth century / / Sara E. Black |
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Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022] |
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©2022 |
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0-2280-1251-1 |
0-2280-1252-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Drugs of abuse |
Psychotropic drugs |
History |
France |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- Introduction -- { 1 } Psychotropic Pharmaceuticals -- { 2 } Self-Experimentation -- { 3 } Drugging the Mind -- { 4 } Sex and Drugs -- { 5 } Economies of Pain -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Nineteenth-century drug consumption permeated French society and encouraged the chemical enhancement of modern life. Drugging France highlights the medical histories of these drugs, chronicling how doctors transformed exotic botanicals and unpredictable chemicals into substances that reconfigured how people experienced their minds and bodies. |
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