Tag: Nyswander

Drug Addiction

From Orgasms to Overdoses: How Marie Nyswander Went from Treating ‘Sexual Frigidity’ to Heroin Addiction

April 8, 2023
Stephen Jeske

In the early 1950s Marie Nyswander was ready to move on from addiction. She set up a…

Drug Addiction

Marie Nyswander Changed the Landscape of Addiction. Here’s How Her Story Begins.

April 1, 2023
Stephen Jeske

In 1946, Marie Nyswander, a recent medical school graduate, joined the U.S. Public Health Service looking…