![Sample our Health and Social Care journals, sign in here to start your FREE access for 14 days]({"type":"image" , "src" : "/sda/5938/TOC-Subject-Sample-2021-Health-Social-Care.jpg"})
Abstract
Man's relationship with alcohol, our major intoxicant through the ages, is surveyed from the recorded evidence of Ancient Egypt. The availability of alcoholic beverages, the acculturation of the drinking habit, along with the treatment and control measures recommended for its abuse are reviewed. The shortcomings of the present data dealing with a 5000 years historical span are identified. Similarities and differences with our modern perspective are delineated.