✦ LIBER ✦

The Medicinal Use of Chocolate in Early North America

✍ Scribed by Deanna L. Pucciarelli; Louis E. Grivetti

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 399 KB
Volume: 52
Category: Article
ISSN: 1613-4125
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200700264

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The medicinal use of chocolate has a long history in North America dating back to the 16th century. From Mesoamerican Codices and European Treatises scholars have determined that for hundreds of years the beverage called chocolate was administered to the sick and prescribed homeopathically to prevent illness. Yet, little scholarship exists that focuses on medicinal chocolate usage in early North America (18th–19th century). This paper examines medical practices during this era and associated medicinal norms with special attention given to chocolate/cocoa usage. Given the current scientific attention on the relationship between dark chocolate consumption and heart disease attenuation it is timely to investigate and chronicle America's medical forebears' understanding of, and practices related to, the medicinal use of chocolate. Indeed, there is a significant amount of literature to suggest that chocolate was used for wellness and to treat illness.

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

The early settlement of North America, t

The early settlement of North America, the Clovis era

✍ Morrow, Juliet E. (author) 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 Wiley 🌐 English ⚖ 80 KB

settlement patterns), site-formation processes, and landscape reconstruction. An introductory chapter (Cremeens and Hart) briefly summarizes the genesis of the publication and its general goals, and is followed by 12 chapters organized into three sections: two chapters (2-3) providing background on

The early settlement of North America, t

The early settlement of North America, the Clovis era

✍ Morrow, Juliet E. (author) 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 Wiley 🌐 English ⚖ 80 KB

The underuse of insulin therapy in North

The underuse of insulin therapy in North America

✍ Matthew C. Riddle 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 98 KB 👁 1 views

At least 8% of the combined population of the United States (US) and Canada have diabetes, and in about one-third of these people, the disease is undiagnosed [1]. Diabetes is not evenly distributed geographically, and there is surprisingly little consensus among categories of medical providers as to

Arrowsmith and the history of medicine i

Arrowsmith and the history of medicine in America

✍ Gert H. Brieger 📂 Article 📅 1982 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 569 KB

Using ancient mtDNA to reconstruct the p

Using ancient mtDNA to reconstruct the population history of northeastern North America

✍ Beth Alison Schultz Shook; David Glenn Smith 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 384 KB 👁 2 views

The ghost orchard the hidden history of

The ghost orchard the hidden history of the apple in North America

✍ Helen Humphreys 📂 Fiction 📅 2017 🏛 HarperCollins Canada 🌐 English ⚖ 356 KB 👁 3 views

In the vein of H is for Hawk and the work of Mark Kurlansky, The Ghost Orchard takes a fascinating look at the secret history of an iconic food. Delving deep into the history of the apple in North America, Humphreys touches on the role of Native peoples in early North America, the question of agricu