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Tim history of inebriety is so intimately connected with civilization that, when I was asked by our Secretary to read a paper on some historical aspects of alcoholism, I thought I could not choose a more interesting subject than the references to alcoholism in the literature of ancient Greece and Rome, especially as it is nearly thirty years since the subject of inebriety in ancient times was brought before this Society, when Dr. TY. L. Brown, on January 13, 1898, delivered an address entitled “Inebriety and its Cures among the Ancients.” I accepted the invitation all te more readily as I had paid some attention to the subject in my previous studies of medicine in classical literat

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DILR OLLESTOhNas given such a complete and accurate account of the subject of “ Alcoholism in Classical Antiquity” that there is very little left to add or to criticize. It seems to me, therefore, that the most profitable way of contributing to the discussion on his excellent paper is to compare the Greek and Roman views upon the subject with those held by their contemporaries, the Ancient Hebrews. It will be best to deal with the subject under the headings of (1) Ante‐Natal Effects; (2) PostNatal Ef

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DOI:10.1111/j.1360-0443.1927.tb04833.x

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