Drugging France: Mind-Altering Medicine in the Long Nineteenth Century (Intoxicating Histories)

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.

• | Author: Sara E. Black
• | Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 15, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 400 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 0228011647
• | ISBN-13: 9780228011644