Bacchic Medicine: Wine and Alcohol Therapies from Napoleon to the French Paradox (Clio Medica 64) (Clio Medica/Wellcome Institute Series in the History of Medicine) by Harry W. Paul ISBN 13: 9789042011113

Brill Rodopi. Very Good. 2002. Paperback. 9042011114 . Binding solid. Pages unmarked and barely aged. Cover has a little wear to edges, but still glossy. ; Clio Medica 64; 8.7 X 5.7 X 0.9 inches; 341 pages .

Amsterdam-New York, Rodopi. 2001. Original publisher's sewn paperback, pictorial frontcover, 8vo: , viij, 342pp., notes, bibliography, indices. Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements. Part I. Popular and professional wine therapies. 1. PeopleÂ’s Stories: Wine in Popular Medicine. 2. An Early-Nineteenth Century German-French Model of Wine Therapy. PART II. A Remarcable nineteenth century medicine. 3. Alcohol Therapy. 4. French and British Wine therapies. PART III. Iatrogenic tales. 5. The Debate Over Wine Alcohol, Prussian Blue, and Sulphur Dioxide. PART IV. The renaissance of wine therapy in twenteeth-century French medicine. 7. Establishing the Scientific Basis of an Ancient Remedy. 8. New Support from Animal Models and Ionic Theory. 9. The Civilisation of Wine and the Organisation of Doctors. 10. Wine Defences against Bacteria, Heart Disease, and Cancer. 11. Wine Therapy: The Future of Another Illusion? Very fine copy - as new. Volume 64: Clio Medica. The Wellcome Institute Series in the History of… Read More

Rodopi Bv Editions, 2002. Paperback. New. 341 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.00 inches.