The Complexity of Addiction: Conceptions of Alcohol and Drug Addiction among Italian scholars, 1860s–1930s

Beccaria, Franca; Petrilli, Enrico

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“…In Italy, the effect of alcoholism on heredity was frequently quoted. 23 There were similar discussions in Poland and Austria. The influence of such eugenic thought is also a partial explanation of what seems to be another commonality -the growing interest in a 'social' view of alcohol issues in the early twentieth century and in the period after the First World War.…”

Section: Addiction Terminology In Europe 1860s-1930smentioning

confidence: 78%

“…In Italy, there was no general medical journal in this period, so the researchers had to focus on more specialist publications, particularly in forensic science. 13 In Poland, researchers could not find a specialist journal that dealt with substance use, but there were two general medical journals, one that was published weekly and another monthly.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, in Italy, one author, Zerboglio, took the work of Krafft-Ebing and Huss as his reference. 25 In England, the work of the German authority Eduard Levinstein on morphine addiction was widely cited. In Poland, the psychiatrist Frydrych was influenced by a journey in Europe and cited the Swedish physician Magnus Huss and the French psychiatrist Bénédict Morel.…”

Section: Addiction Terminology In Europe 1860s-1930smentioning

confidence: 99%

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Using Digitised Medical Journals in a Cross European Project on Addiction History

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This article draws on research conducted as part of a European project on the changing terminology used to conceptualise habitual drug, alcohol or tobacco use. We wanted to find out what language was utilised in Italy, Poland, Austria and the UK and how those concepts had changed since the mid-nineteenth century. We intended to make use of digitised journals for key word searches to enable comparisons to be made across countries and across time. Nothing, however, was straightforward. Few countries had digitised medical journals, so researchers had to use traditional search methods. Even in the UK, where journals were available digitally, there were problems with access and the searches that could be made. Digitisation did not provide a quicker way of researching cross nationally. Nonetheless our work did arrive at some valuable new conclusions. Our experiences also raise wider questions about using digitised journals for historical research.

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Section: Addiction Terminology In Europe 1860s-1930smentioning

confidence: 78%

Section: Methodological Challenges and Approaches In Researching The mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Addiction Terminology In Europe 1860s-1930smentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Complexity of Addiction: Conceptions of Alcohol and Drug Addiction among Italian scholars, 1860s–1930s

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Using Digitised Medical Journals in a Cross European Project on Addiction History

Using Digitised Medical Journals in a Cross European Project on Addiction History

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