Bacchic Medicine: Wine and Alcohol Therapies from Napoleon to the French Paradox (Clio Medica 64) - Hardcover

Paul, Harry W.

9789042011212: Bacchic Medicine: Wine and Alcohol Therapies from Napoleon to the French Paradox (Clio Medica 64)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9042011211 ISBN 13: 9789042011212

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2002

Wine has always been a part of popular medicine. Bacchic Medicine analyses the historical role of wine in the treatment of disease and preservation of health.

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About the Author:

Harry W. Paul is professor of history at the University of Florida. His publications include From Knowledge to Power: The Rise of the Science Empire in France (1985) and Science, Vine and Wine in Modern France (1996). The latter led to some experimenting with wine therapy and the writing of Bacchic Medicine.

Review:

"...readers who have not shared first-hand experience at Paul's table can savor the vicarious pleasure from a rich historical offering." in: The American Historicl Review, Vol. 108, No. 4, 2003 "...a well balanced story, told with a sharp eye..." in: International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 31, No. 6, Dec. 2002, pp 1287-8 "Paul's scholarship is careful and exhaustive; the work will surely remain definitive for our generation, and most likely one or two more." in: ISIS, Vol. 94, nr.1, March 2003, pp.167-168

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