I think this cure would leave me unfit to consume anything, not just alcohol, but it’s worth a shot if you’re desperate:
c. 1500 According to J.D. Rolleston, a British medical historian, a medieval Russian cure for drunkenness consisted in “taking a piece of pork, putting it secretly in a Jew’s bed for nine days, and then giving it to the drunkard in a pulverized form, who will turn away from drinking as a Jew would from pork.” [Quoted in Roueche, op. cit. p. 144]
The rest of the drug timeline is here.
So THAT’s what all that bacon is doing under my pillow.
Comment by Jeff — January 23, 2008 @ 6:27 pm