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From Dipsomania to Addiction

Posted on October 3rd, 2007 in Addiction, Art

Hogarth’s Gin LaneA series of short articles on the reconceptualization of drunkenness into addiction in the 19th century. Including an interesting gloss on the Victorian terms for addiction, including my favorite: dipsomania.

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