Antedating of "Alcoholism"

Fred Shapiro fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun Aug 28 11:46:49 UTC 2005


alcoholism (OED 1860)

1850 _Lancet_ 1 June 678 The true physiology of alcoholism, vinolency, and
beerism, has yet to be written.

Fred Shapiro


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