Literature TalkLiterature TalkJack London’s Medicine Case: The Drugs He Used in His Life and Literature
August 6 at 11am
Glen Ellen
Step inside Jack London's actual 1909 medicine case: 22 glass vials of the drugs he used and wove into novels like The Sea-Wolf. A pharmacology professor unpacks how opium, antiseptics, and germ theory shaped both his health and his fiction.
history through objects
literary deep dive
medical humanities
Jack London fans
Tips
💊22 vials from 1909-1910 on display
📚drugs appear in The Sea-Wolf, Adventure
🎓pharmacology professor leads the talk
Thursday, August 6, 11:00 AM
$15
$15
Jack London’s Medicine Case: The Drugs He Used in His Life and Literature
August 6 at 11am
Glen Ellen
Literature TalkLiterature TalkStep inside Jack London's actual 1909 medicine case: 22 glass vials of the drugs he used and wove into novels like The Sea-Wolf. A pharmacology professor unpacks how opium, antiseptics, and germ theory shaped both his health and his fiction.
history through objects
literary deep dive
medical humanities
Jack London fans
Tips
💊22 vials from 1909-1910 on display
📚drugs appear in The Sea-Wolf, Adventure
🎓pharmacology professor leads the talk
Thursday, August 6, 11:00 AM
$15
$15
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