Air date: September 25, 2011

Host: Kathy Miller, MD

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Interview: Howard Markel, MD, MPH
Author, An Anatomy of Addiction: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug Cocaine
Director, Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan

In his most recent book, The Anatomy of Addiction, medical historian Howard Markel, MD, PhD, relates the history of cocaine and examines two famous physician-users, William Halsted and Sigmund Freud.

Dr. Markel, director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan, chats with Sound Medicine’s Kathy Miller, MD.

Additional Resources:

• Read excerpts from Anatomy of Addiction at the New York Times website.