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Explore how drug addiction emerged as a medical and social concept in nineteenth-century Britain through this scholarly examination of opium use and abuse. This History of Medicine in Context volume uncovers the original influences that shaped addiction as a disease category, tracing how opiates became associated with pathological conditions and moral insanity during the 1800s. The book investigates the treatments, regimes, and social prejudices surrounding addiction as a newly emerging entity, revealing the historical roots of modern understandings. Essential reading for medical historians, healthcare professionals, and anyone seeking to understand how society's relationship with drugs and addiction has been constructed over time.

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Routledge publication examining opium addiction as a nineteenth-century medical and social phenomenon.

Explores how addiction became classified as a disease and form of moral insanity in the 1800s.

Analyses treatments and regimes used to address opiate addiction during the nineteenth century.

Part of the History of Medicine in Context series for scholarly medical history research.

Traces connections between historical drug use interpretations and modern addiction concepts.

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31 March 2017
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01 March 2017

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