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Sherlock Holmes's cocaine habit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

J. Thomas Dalby
J. Thomas Dalby*
Affiliation:
Calgary General Hosptial, 841 Centre Avenue East, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaT2E 0A1 and Adjunct Associate Professor (Psychology and Psychiatry) University of Calgary.
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Keywords

Sherlock HolmesConan DoyleCocaineAddiction.
Type
Historical
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , March 1991 , pp. 73 - 74
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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