Description: Wine has always been a part of popular medicine. Bacchic Medicine analyses the historical role of wine in the treatment of disease and preservation of health and also discusses the contemporary debate over the role of alcohol and wine in preventive medicine.
Review Quotes: "...readers who have not shared first-hand experience at Paul's table can savor the vicarious pleasure from a rich historical offering."
- in: The American Historicl Review, Vol. 108, No. 4, 2003
"...a well balanced story, told with a sharp eye..."
- in: International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 31, No. 6, Dec. 2002, pp 1287-8
"Paul's scholarship is careful and exhaustive; the work will surely remain definitive for our generation, and most likely one or two more."
- in: ISIS, Vol. 94, nr.1, March 2003, pp.167-168