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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | On the use and abuse of alcoholic liquors: in health and disease |
| Reference | 102048.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Collection | Rosenberg |
| Date | 1853 |
| Author | Carpenter, William Benjamin |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Blanchard and Lea |
| Place of Creation | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Description | By William B. Carpenter; with a preface by D. F. Condie. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Health and Hygiene; Physiology |
| Keywords | alcohol, temperance, disease, symptoms, poisoning, madness, debility, inflammation, brain, paralysis, epilepsy, indigestion, nourishment, insurance, military, anatomy, pregnancy, breastfeeding, exhaustion |
| Parts of the Body | nervous system, digestive organs, liver, kidneys, skin, head, reproductive organs, breasts |
| Additional Information | Fifteen essays were submitted for a prize of one hundred guineas offered in 1849 by a private donor on the topic of the effects of alcohol on the human system. Carpenter's essay was judged the most meritorious by a committee of three London physicians that included John Forbes, Physician to the Queen's household. In this treatise Carpenter takes the temperance argument beyond the usual moral plane and places it on a scientific footing that it had not often enjoyed. |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Library Company of Philadelphia’s catalogue, and 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform', compiled by Christopher Hoolihan. |
| Copyright | The Library Company of Philadelphia |