The perfect tonic : the remarkable medicinal history of beer, wine, spirits and cocktails
English, Camper2022
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Alcohol and medicine have an inextricably intertwined history, with innovations in each altering the path of the other. The story stretches back to the ancient world, when beer and wine were used to provide nutrition, hydration, and act as solvents for healing botanicals. Over time, alchemists distilled elixirs designed to cure all diseases, monastic apothecaries developed mystical botanical liqueurs, travelling physicians concocted dubious intoxicating nostrums, and the drinks we're familiar with today began to take form. In turn, scientists studied fermentation and formed the germ theory of disease, and developed an understanding of elemental gasses and anaesthetics. In this book, cocktail expert Camper English reveals how and why the contents of our medicine and liquor cabinets were, until surprisingly recently, one and the same.
Main title:
Author:
English, Camper, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2022.
Collation:
272 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780008394578 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
641.2109641.2109 ENG
Language:
English
Related title:
The Perfect Tonic: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits and Cocktails [electronic resource]
Subject:
BRN:
490654
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Central Library | Adult non-fiction | 641.2109 ENG | Available |