Affiliation:
1. Nicolas Rasmussen is Professor of History, University of New South Wales. He is the author of On Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine (New York, 2008); Picture Control: The Electron Microscope and the Transformation of Biology in America, 1940–1960 (Stanford, 1997).
Abstract
Although amphetamine was thoroughly tested by leading scientists for its effects in boosting or maintaining physical and mental performance in fatigued subjects, the results never provided solid grounds for approving the drug's use, and, in any case, came too late to be decisive. The grounds on which amphetamine was actually adopted by both British and American militaries had less to do with the science of fatigue than with the drug's mood-altering effects, as judged by military men. It increased confidence and aggression, and elevated “morale.”
Subject
History and Philosophy of Science,History,History and Philosophy of Science,History
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