Citation

Levine HG. J. Stud. Alcohol 1978; 39(1): 143-174.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1978, Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

344994

Abstract

The modern conception of alcoholism as a progressive, addictive disease dates from the late 18th century. By the mid-1800s it had become an integral part of American Temperance thought, as did the belief that total abstinence offered the only remedy for intemperance.

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