Drugging France : : Mind-Altering Medicine in the Long Nineteenth Century.

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 ho...

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Superior document:Intoxicating Histories Series ; v.5
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Place / Publishing House:Montreal : : McGill-Queen's University Press,, 2022.
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Year of Publication:2022
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Intoxicating Histories Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (400 pages)
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Summary: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.
ISBN:9780228012528
9780228011644
Hierarchical level:Monograph