The Making of Addiction: The 'Use and Abuse' of Opium in Nineteenth-Century BritainRoutledge, 03/03/2016 - 208 من الصفحات What does drug addiction mean to us? What did it mean to others in the past? And how are these meanings connected? In modern society the idea of drug addiction is a given and commonly understood concept, yet this was not always the case in the past. This book uncovers the original influences that shaped the creation and the various interpretations of addiction as a disease, and of addiction to opiates in particular. It delves into the treatments, regimes, and prejudices that surrounded the condition, a newly emerging pathological entity and a form of 'moral insanity' during the nineteenth century. The source material for this book is rich and surprising. Letters and diaries provide the most moving material, detailing personal struggles with addiction and the trials of those who cared and despaired. Confessions of shame, deceit, misery and terror sit alongside those of deep sensual pleasure, visionary manifestations and blissful freedom from care. The reader can follow the lifelong opium careers of literary figures, artists and politicians, glimpse a raw underworld of hidden drug use, or see the bleakness of urban and rural poverty alleviated by daily doses of opium. Delving into diaries, letters and confessions this book exposes the medical case histories and the physician's mad, lazy, commercial, contemptuous, desperate, altruistic and frustrated attempts to deal with drug addiction. It demonstrates that many of the stigmatising prejudices arose from false 'facts' and semi-mythical beliefs and thus has significant implications, not only for the history of addiction, but also for how we view the condition today. |
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... drug and became addicted to it, their reasons, needs, beliefs and sufferings for it, and the pleasure they found in ... Drugs”', Social Justice, 18, 4, pp.49-75. 5 Clifford Allbutt, 'On the abuse of hypodermic injections of morphia ...
... drug and became addicted to it, their reasons, needs, beliefs and sufferings for it, and the pleasure they found in ... Drugs”', Social Justice, 18, 4, pp.49-75. 5 Clifford Allbutt, 'On the abuse of hypodermic injections of morphia ...
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... drug taking, and it is a history of use and pleasure that will redefine the basis of popular misconceptions common today. A greater understanding of this history would humanize the seemingly marginal figures who have used drugs in a non ...
... drug taking, and it is a history of use and pleasure that will redefine the basis of popular misconceptions common today. A greater understanding of this history would humanize the seemingly marginal figures who have used drugs in a non ...
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... Drugs and Narcotics in History (1995), pp.114-32. 9 T. Szasz, Ceremonial Chemistry: The ritual persecution of drugs, addicts, and pushers (1974), p.xv. 10 T. Parssinen and K. Kerner, 'Development of the Disease Model of Drug Addiction ...
... Drugs and Narcotics in History (1995), pp.114-32. 9 T. Szasz, Ceremonial Chemistry: The ritual persecution of drugs, addicts, and pushers (1974), p.xv. 10 T. Parssinen and K. Kerner, 'Development of the Disease Model of Drug Addiction ...
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... drugs of addiction ... anyone who takes an opiate for a long enough period and in sufficient dose will become ... drug use has not quietened ... but often the nature of understanding seems limited ... contemporary definitions such ...
... drugs of addiction ... anyone who takes an opiate for a long enough period and in sufficient dose will become ... drug use has not quietened ... but often the nature of understanding seems limited ... contemporary definitions such ...
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... drug' as 'an original, simple medicinal substance, organic or inorganic, whether used by itself in its natural ... drug' is 'now often applied without qualification to narcotics and opiates', and it is noted that the terms 'drug addict ...
... drug' as 'an original, simple medicinal substance, organic or inorganic, whether used by itself in its natural ... drug' is 'now often applied without qualification to narcotics and opiates', and it is noted that the terms 'drug addict ...
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The Medical History of Addiction in NineteenthCentury Britain | 77 |
Conclusion | 165 |
Opium strengths and doses | 171 |
Opium and alcohol | 173 |
Bibliography | 179 |
Index | 189 |
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