AbstractThis paper describes the use of brandy and other forms of alcohol in the latter part of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its prime use was as a cardiac stimulant as it seemed to increase the cardiac output and blood pressure. However it was also recognised as a depressant and was used as a sedative. Reconciling these two actions caused difficulties. In addition it was used as a food for invalids
Alcohol consuming is so present in human history to the extent that it has become ‘a universal langu...
The first mention of alcohol as a component of diet and com-munal events dates back to the 7th mille...
This paper comes to bring a large panel of therapeutic use of alcoholics to the occidental societies...
Around the year 1500 brandy was still appreciated by scholars as a powerful medicine under the name ...
A largely neglected chapter in the history of the British temperance movement is the role played by ...
Physicians have long known that a nip of brandy atbedtime is good for the heart. Recent surveys have...
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Different types of alcoholic beverages such as wine and beer were used in ancient times for various ...
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Alcohol consuming is so present in human history to the extent that it has become ‘a universal langu...
The first mention of alcohol as a component of diet and com-munal events dates back to the 7th mille...
This paper comes to bring a large panel of therapeutic use of alcoholics to the occidental societies...
Around the year 1500 brandy was still appreciated by scholars as a powerful medicine under the name ...
A largely neglected chapter in the history of the British temperance movement is the role played by ...
Physicians have long known that a nip of brandy atbedtime is good for the heart. Recent surveys have...
Ageing is one of the most important and most costly factors determining the quality of distilled bev...
Throughout history, intoxicants were an important part of the war experience. The First World War wa...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of different wood types and treatments, and ext...
The paper addresses the beginning of brandy distillation in the Ottoman Balkan, the transfer of tech...
Liquorice root has been used in Europe since prehistoric times, and is well documented in written fo...
International audiencePurpose To review knowledge on therapeutic uses of ethanol and the latter's ef...
The use of alcohol as a social lubricant has been ubiquitous in human societies since ancient times....
Different types of alcoholic beverages such as wine and beer were used in ancient times for various ...
Ether was first used as an anaesthetic in 1846 and this paper charts the rise of ether drinking in I...
Alcohol consuming is so present in human history to the extent that it has become ‘a universal langu...
The first mention of alcohol as a component of diet and com-munal events dates back to the 7th mille...
This paper comes to bring a large panel of therapeutic use of alcoholics to the occidental societies...
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