Rum maniacs : alcoholic insanity in the early American Republic / Matthew Warner Osborn.
- Osborn, Matthew Warner
- Date:
- 2014
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Physical description
vii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-258 and index.
Contents
Ardent spirits and republican medicine -- Discovering delirium tremens -- Hard drinking and want -- The benevolent empire of medicine -- The pathology of intemperance -- The drunkard's demons -- Epilogue: alcoholics and pink elephants.
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Subjects
- 19th century
- Delirium tremensUnited StatesHistory19th century
- Delirium tremensPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaHistory19th century
- Delirium tremensUnited StatesPsychological aspectsHistory19th century
- Delirium tremensSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th century
- TemperanceUnited StatesHistory19th century
- Alcoholismhistory
- Alcohol Withdrawal Deliriumhistory
- Hallucinationshistory
- United States
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineFCG.6.AA8Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9780226099897
- 022609989X
- 022609992X
- 9780226099927