Drugs and Narcotics in History

by Roy Porter and Mikulás Teich

Book Overview

This collection of essays explores the complex and contested histories of drugs and narcotics in societies from ancient Greece to the present day. It shows that the major substances so used, from herbs of the field to laboratory-produced synthetic medicines, have a healing potential, and have been widely employed both within and outside the medical profession. Many of these substances, if taken improperly, are also highly toxic or even lethally poisonous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0064NI4LY
• ISBN13: 9780521585972
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"