title: The use of beverage alcohol as medicine, 1790-1860.
abstract: In the period from 1790 to 1860 beverage alcohol was, except in a few specific conditions, used sparingly by the most formally trained physicians, more often by less sophisticated practitioners and most frequently by families in the home.
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000266:history*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol