This may go back farther than you're interested in - but this article has a section on medical uses of distilled spirits: "Water of Life, Water of Death: The Controversy overy Brandy and Gin in Early Modern Augsburg" , Ann Tlusty (Central European History, 31/1&2, 1-30). At 12:23 PM 1/19/00 -0600, you wrote: > > One of my students is working on a research project on the history of alcohol > as a medicine. Any suggestions of books, articles or web material would be > helpful. > > Brad Kadel > Department of History > Luther College >