Rum maniacs : alcoholic insanity in the early American Republic /

Edgar Allan Poe vividly recalls standing in a prison cell, fearing for his life, as he watched men mutilate and dismember the body of his mother. That memory, however graphic and horrifying, was not real. It was a hallucination, one of many suffered by the writer, caused by his addiction to alcohol....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Osborn, Matthew Warner (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Temas:
1800-1899
Delirium tremens > United States > History > 19th century.
Delirium tremens > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 19th century.
Delirium tremens > United States > Psychological aspects > History > 19th century.
Delirium tremens > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Temperance > United States > History > 19th century.
Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium > history
Delirium tremens > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Delirium tremens > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Delirium tremens > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Delirium tremens > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Tempérance > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Delirium tremens.
Temperance.
United States
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ardent spirits and republican medicine
  • Discovering delirium tremens
  • Hard drinking and want
  • The benevolent empire of medicine
  • The pathology of intemperance
  • The drunkard's demons
  • Epilogue: alcoholics and pink elephants.

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