Liquor, The Servant of Man-W.H. Smith and F. C. Helwig
(Walton Hall Smith-Ferdnand C Helwig MD)
This is one of
the first attempts to examine drinking, as practiced by the “social
“drinker. While they don’t deny the existence of alcoholism, their book is
focused on the more common aspects of the use of alcohol. Of interest
largely for historical reasons, this is not a treatise on drinking, but
rather an attempt to explain the phenomenon.
Published by Garden City Publishing Company, NY
copyright 1939, reprint edition 1948. This is Hard Cover book with a brown
cloth cover; with black titles on the spine. Size is 6 by 8 inches, 273
pages.
This book written about the time AA was being
formed, treats alcohol as something to be used by man and denies the
affects that alcoholism has on societies around the world. This book has a
nice 46-page bibliography of books on Alcohol published before 1939.
This book is an examination of the effects of
drinking on the individual and society. The history and background of the
practice of drinking, the effects on the body, the benefits of liquor in
disease, liquor and sex, the effect of liquor on the races of mankind, the
reasons for drinking, case histories and more.
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Smith, Walton Hall 1898. Liquor : the Servant of Man /
by Walton Hall Smith and Ferdinand C. Helwig.. 1st ed.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-273).
LIQUOR - THE SERVANT OF MAN.
Book published in February 1940. Written by Walton Hall Smith and
Ferdinand C. Helwig, M.D. Hard-bound, 273 pages.
Chapters
include:
Background of
the Practice of Drinking,
Physiology,
the Effect of Liquor on the Human Body,
Pharmacology,
the Benefits of Liquor in Disease,
Liquor and
Sex, the Effect of Liquor on the Race,
Psychology,
an Explanation of the Reasons for Drinking,
and
Summary,
Case
Histories and Suggestions.
39 page bibliography about Drinking Alcohol
Interesting
pre World War II book on alcohol, published around the time Bill Wilson
and Doctor Bob started Alcoholics Anonymous.
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