Art, Medicine, and Femininity. Visualising the Morphine Addict in Paris, 1870–1914, Hardback

Rampant morphine addiction in Third Republic France captured the imagination of artists in Paris. However, while the majority morphine users were male medical professionals, artists almost always pictured a female addict. Art, Medicine, and Femininity explores the societal impact of the feminization of addiction in this corpus of images.

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Author(s): Hannah Halliwell
• Illustration(s): 12 colour plates, 38 b&w illustrations
• Number of pages: 264
• Collection: Intoxicating Histories
• Publication date: 2023
• Dimensions: 160 x 236 x 19
• Cover type: Hardback