Chocolate as medicine : a quest over the centuries / Philip K. Wilson, W. Jeffrey Hurst.
| Author/creator | Wilson, Philip K. |
| Other author | Hurst, W. Jeffrey (William Jeffrey), 1948- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, UK : RSC Pub., ©2012. |
| Description | xx, 213 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Chocolate as medicine : an introduction -- Chocolate as medicine : seeking evidence throughout history -- Chocolate and healing in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture -- Cacao transported to Europe as medicine -- Expanding chocolate's use as medicine -- Chocolate and nutritional health : industrial era through WWII -- Modern chocolate science and human heath -- Epilogue: prognosticating chocolate's future as medicine -- Appendixes. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-206) and index. |
| ISBN | 9781849734110 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1849734119 (pbk.) |