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

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



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English | 2022 | ISBN: 0228011434 | 400 pages | True PDF | 45.49 MB

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In the nineteenth century, drug consumption permeated French society to produce a new norm: the chemical enhancement of modern life. French citizens empowered themselves by seeking pharmaceutical relief for their suffering and engaging in self-medication. Doctors and pharmacists, meanwhile, fashioned themselves as gatekeepers to these potent drugs, claiming that their expertise could shield the public from accidental harm. 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.