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Without drugs, no medicine, the explanation of the ecstasy and the history of the opium. Three books on « special conditions ».
« /> Daniela Antter-Pfeiffer: « Rausch, poison and healing. Irr ways and detours of medical treatment », with 41 illustrations. 256 pages, born, € 28.95 (Amalthea)
Tobacco and alcohol for health?
No medicine without drugs: if it used to be heroin, arsenic or ether, it is today cannabis, alcohol and ecstasy that are used for pain control and against various diseases. The fascinating history of medical treatments and the way they have changed over the centuries tells Daniela Antter-Pfeiffer in entertaining and informative way. Cigarettes smoking against asthma-this was recommended until the 1980s.
« /> Racha Kirakosian: « intoxicated by the senses. A story of the ecstasy », 396 p., Born, € 29.95 (propyleans)
The Bishop of Ravenna was looking for the delimitation
What is ecstasy anyway? This phenomenon is not verifiable, which is why Racha Kirakosian is looking for stories and records about it. More than 2500 years of human history are striped, but the ecstasy cannot be grasped: « Overwhelming feeling of great joy, a religious state of self-transcendance or a party drug ». The Bishop of Ravenna wrote about this « desirable state » in the 9th century.
