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Habitual drunkards and the invention of alcoholism: susceptibility and culpability in nineteenth century medicine

Habitual drunkards and the invention of alcoholism: susceptibility and culpability in nineteenth century medicine
Habitual drunkards and the invention of alcoholism: susceptibility and culpability in nineteenth century medicine
Chronic alcohol misuse is an intractable problem for contemporary medicine. This paper explores some of the origins of this intractability, by examining the formulation of medical and moral models of habitual drunkenness during the nineteenth century. Its objective is to sketch out an historical perspective for contemporary problems in disentangling the relationship between culpability and susceptibility in alcohol dependence.
1606-6359
169-187
May, Carl
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May, Carl
17697f8d-98f6-40d3-9cc0-022f04009ae4

May, Carl (1997) Habitual drunkards and the invention of alcoholism: susceptibility and culpability in nineteenth century medicine. Addiction Research & Theory, 5 (2), 169-187. (doi:10.3109/16066359709005258).

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Chronic alcohol misuse is an intractable problem for contemporary medicine. This paper explores some of the origins of this intractability, by examining the formulation of medical and moral models of habitual drunkenness during the nineteenth century. Its objective is to sketch out an historical perspective for contemporary problems in disentangling the relationship between culpability and susceptibility in alcohol dependence.

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Published date: 1997

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Local EPrints ID: 163381
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/163381
ISSN: 1606-6359
PURE UUID: 2551417c-fc6f-47b7-8b27-a78a0c3c38fe
ORCID for Carl May: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0451-2690

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