Cynthia Carson Bisbee, Paul Bisbee, Erika Dyck, Patrick Farrell, James Sexton and James W. Spisak (eds), Psychedelic Prophets: The Letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2018), pp. lxxix + 644, $75.00 CAD, hardback, ISBN: 9780773555068.

Medicina e historia December 19, 2019 DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2019.64 (opens in new tab)

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Key findings	The review presents the book as a valuable collection of letters that documents the intellectual partnership between Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond, highlighting their shared interest in psychedelics and the term 'psychedelic' coined by Osmond. It suggests the volume offers insights into the cultural and medical history of psychedelics.

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Cynthia Carson Bisbee, Paul Bisbee, Erika Dyck, Patrick Farrell, James Sexton and James W. Spisak (eds), Psychedelic Prophets: The Letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2018), pp. lxxix + 644, $75.00 CAD, hardback, ISBN: 9780773555068. - Volume 64 Issue 1

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