Author Jonathan Jones

Jonathan Jones

Jonathan Jones is a PhD in history candidate at Binghamton University. He researches opiate misuse in the U.S., especially its origins in the nineteenth century. His dissertation, “A Mind Prostrate: Physicians, Opiates, and Insanity in the Civil War’s Aftermath” is a study of the Civil War-era opiate addiction epidemic, tracing how physicians responded to opiate “insanity” among war survivors by attempting to radically reform American medicine. His other research and teaching interests include the history of medicine, women, and gender.

The “Right” and “Wrong” Kind of Addict: Iatrogenic Opioid Addiction in Historical Context

Jonathan Jones

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Author Jonathan Jones

Jonathan Jones

The “Right” and “Wrong” Kind of Addict: Iatrogenic Opioid Addiction in Historical Context