Drugging France: Mind-Altering Medicine in the Long Nineteenth Century Black Sara E.
Drugging France: Mind-Altering Medicine in the Long Nineteenth Century Black Sara E. In the nineteenth century, drug consumption permeated French society to produce a new norm: the chemical…
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Drugging France: Mind-Altering Medicine in the Long Nineteenth Century Black Sara E.
In the nineteenth century, drug consumption permeated French society to produce a new norm: the chemical enhancement of modern life. Doctors and pharmacists, meanwhile, fashioned themselves as gatekeepers to these potent drugs, claiming that their expertise could shield the public from accidental harm. French citizens empowered themselves by seeking pharmaceutical relief for their suffering and engaging in self-medication.
While most drug histories focus on how drugs became Despite these efforts, the unanticipated phenomenon of addiction laid bare both the embodied nature of the modern self and the inherent instability of the notions of individual free will and responsibility.Drugging France explores the history of mind-altering drugs in medical practice between 1840 and 1920, highlighting the intricate medical histories of opium, morphine, ether, chloroform, cocaine, and hashish.
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