MODERATION AND EXCESS; USE AND ABUSE: THE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

This article draws a broad panel of the tradition of therapeutic use of alcoholics in Western societies, highlighting the contextualization of two important theories formulated during the nineteenth century: alcohol-food, attributed to Liebig, and Todd's potion. It also focuses on the changes i...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fernando Sérgio Dumas dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco 2006-12-01
Series:Clio: Revista de Pesquisa Histórica
Subjects:
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaclio/article/view/24745
id doaj-e1ee9d9b8f5b49a890448abec1cd75be
record_format Article
spelling doaj-e1ee9d9b8f5b49a890448abec1cd75be2020-11-25T02:26:20ZporUniversidade Federal de PernambucoClio: Revista de Pesquisa Histórica2525-56492525-56492006-12-01224MODERATION AND EXCESS; USE AND ABUSE: THE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.Fernando Sérgio Dumas dos Santos0Fundação Oswaldo CruzThis article draws a broad panel of the tradition of therapeutic use of alcoholics in Western societies, highlighting the contextualization of two important theories formulated during the nineteenth century: alcohol-food, attributed to Liebig, and Todd's potion. It also focuses on the changes in medicine and criticism of alcoholics in the second half of that century, addressing the link between medicine and alcoholism in the industrial society that constituted it when the capitalist process of labor was introduced . Here, the theories of degeneration and heredity that so deep scars left in these societies stand out.https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaclio/article/view/24745alcoholismmedicineindustrial societytherapeutic practices
collection DOAJ
language Portuguese
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Fernando Sérgio Dumas dos Santos
spellingShingle Fernando Sérgio Dumas dos Santos
MODERATION AND EXCESS; USE AND ABUSE: THE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
Clio: Revista de Pesquisa Histórica
alcoholism
medicine
industrial society
therapeutic practices
author_facet Fernando Sérgio Dumas dos Santos
author_sort Fernando Sérgio Dumas dos Santos
title MODERATION AND EXCESS; USE AND ABUSE: THE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
title_short MODERATION AND EXCESS; USE AND ABUSE: THE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
title_full MODERATION AND EXCESS; USE AND ABUSE: THE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
title_fullStr MODERATION AND EXCESS; USE AND ABUSE: THE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
title_full_unstemmed MODERATION AND EXCESS; USE AND ABUSE: THE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
title_sort moderation and excess; use and abuse: the medical knowledge about alcoholic beverages.
publisher Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
series Clio: Revista de Pesquisa Histórica
issn 2525-5649
2525-5649
publishDate 2006-12-01
description This article draws a broad panel of the tradition of therapeutic use of alcoholics in Western societies, highlighting the contextualization of two important theories formulated during the nineteenth century: alcohol-food, attributed to Liebig, and Todd's potion. It also focuses on the changes in medicine and criticism of alcoholics in the second half of that century, addressing the link between medicine and alcoholism in the industrial society that constituted it when the capitalist process of labor was introduced . Here, the theories of degeneration and heredity that so deep scars left in these societies stand out.
topic alcoholism
medicine
industrial society
therapeutic practices
url https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaclio/article/view/24745
work_keys_str_mv AT fernandosergiodumasdossantos moderationandexcessuseandabusethemedicalknowledgeaboutalcoholicbeverages
_version_ 1724847709002661888