Bacchic Medicine: Wine and Alcohol Therapies from Napoleon to the French Paradox

Bacchic Medicine: Wine and Alcohol Therapies from Napoleon to the French Paradox
ISBN-10
9004333428
ISBN-13
9789004333420
Category
Medical
Pages
321
Language
English
Published
2016-09-27
Publisher
BRILL
Author
Harry W. Paul

Description

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 and also discusses the contemporary debate over the role of alcohol and wine in preventive medicine.

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