# An Anatomy of Addiction

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- Book: [An Anatomy of Addiction](https://www.bookquiver.com/howard-markel/an-anatomy-of-addiction) ([An Anatomy of Addiction.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/howard-markel/an-anatomy-of-addiction.md))
- Authors: [Howard Markel](https://www.bookquiver.com/howard-markel)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-14-0007-879-0
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2012-07-03
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Acclaimed medical historian Howard Markel traces the careers of two brilliant young doctors—Sigmund Freud, neurologist, and William Halsted, surgeon—showing how their powerful addictions to...