An edition of The Making of Addiction
(2007)
The Making of Addiction
The 'use and Abuse' of Opium in Nineteenth-century Britain (The History of Medicine in Context) (The History of Medicine in Context)
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by Louise Foxcroft
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A social and intellectual history of the concept of addiction, concentrating on the use and abuse of opiates. The book looks at public and personal perceptions of chronic opiate use in the nineteenth century and at the development of addiction as a medical condition, a disease entity, where no such definition had previously existed.
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History, 19th Century, Opium, Opioid-Related Disorders, Therapeutic use, Opium abuse, History, Pharmacology, MEDICAL, Drug addiction, Public health, great britain, Great britain, social conditions, Emploi en thérapeutique, Histoire, Opiomanie, Médecine, Drogenmissbrauch, Terapeutisk användning, Historia, OpiummissbrukShowing 6 featured editions. View all 6 editions?
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