Citation

Vallee BL. EXS 1994; 71: 1-8.

Affiliation

Center for Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences and Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Birkhäuser Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8032143

Abstract

The role of ethanol in the history of human development is here summarized under seven topics: I. Alcohol: the substitute for water as the major human beverage; II. Alcohol as a component of the diet and source of calories; III. Alcohol, concentration by distillation; IV. The Reformation, Temperance and Prohibition; V. Potable nonalcoholic beverages: Boiled water (coffee, tea); VI. Purification and sanitation of water; VII. The present and future.

Language: en