The Prince of Medicine

This book by Susan P. Mattern was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Andrew Huberman. The people who vouched for it on air: Andrew Huberman. It comes up in conversations about brain health, consciousness, depression & mood, psychedelics, trauma & ptsd. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “I've been reading a wonderful book called The Prince of Medicine. Dates back to the origins of medicine. Very dense book.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “a wonderful book”
  Andrew Huberman · Huberman Lab · May 202301:19:05

  Said during "The Science of Psychedelics for Mental Health | Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris". The episode features Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris: Distinguished professor of neurology and psychiatry at UC San Francisco and a leading psychedelics researcher who founded the first psychedelic research center in London in 2019. His lab pioneered clinical trials showing psilocybin can alleviate major depression in over 67% of patients. Psychedelics researcher Robin Carhart-Harris explains how psilocybin, LSD, MDMA, and DMT rewire the brain to treat depression, trauma, and more.