Chocolate as medicine:a quest over the centuries

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wilson Philip K.
Group Author: Hurst W. Jeffrey; (William Jeffrey), 1948-
Published: RSC Publishing,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, UK
Publication Dates: c2012.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xx, 213 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9781849734110
1849734119
Index Number: TS274
CLC: TS274
R151.3
Call Number: R151.3/W752
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 health -- Epilogue: prognosticating chocolate's future as medicine.