author = { Rasmussen, Seth C. },

title = { The quest for aqua vitae the history and chemistry of alcohol from antiquity to the Middle Ages },

publisher = {Springer},

isbn = {3319063014},

isbn = {9783319063010},

keywords = { Alcohol History To 1500 , Alcohol Health aspects To 1500 , Alcohol Physiological effect To 1500 , Drinking of alcoholic beverages Health aspects To 1500 , Ethanol , Chemie , Geschichte },

year = {[2014]},

abstract = {Includes bibliographical references and index},

abstract = {Introduction. Origin of the term alcohol ; Origin of ethanol production via fermentation ; Scope of current volumeEarliest fermented beverages. Fermentation ; Mead ; Date wine ; Palm wine -- Beer ; Beer versus bread ; Barley beer ; Beer versus wine ; Beer in Mesopotamia ; Beer in Egypt -- Grape wine. Chemical archaeological studies ; Viniculture ; Wine production -- Fermented milk. Kefir ; Kumis -- Distillation and the isolation of alcohol. A brief history of distillation methods ; Distillation of wine -- Early chemical and medical applications of alcohol. Chemical and medical uses of fermented beverages ; Early chemical applications of alcohol ; Early medical applications of alcohol.},

booktitle = {SpringerBriefs in molecular science $ History of chemistry},

address = { Cham },

url = { http://slubdd.de/katalog?TN_libero_mab2 }