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The Treatment of Philadelphia Inebriates
Author(s) -
Leonard Edward C.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.1997.tb00386.x
Subject(s) - medical treatment , gerontology , political science , history , medicine , environmental ethics , management , family medicine , philosophy , economics
Preventive education in the United States about the dangers of alcohol had failed to create a temperate society by 1840. But in that year, interest in medical treatment of the “habitual drunkard” rekindled in Philadelphia. It was the year an organization of reformed drunkards revitalized American temperance societies by emphasizing practical concern for the inebriate. The author describes Philadelphia's treatment of alcoholics from 1840 through the beginning of the 20th century, when entrepreneurs were marketing secret cures.