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List of Illustrations | p. xvii |
Chocolate as Medicine: An Introduction | p. 1 |
References | p. 11 |
Chocolate as Medicine: Seeking Evidence throughout History | p. 14 |
Valuing Medical "Evidence" in the Past and Present | p. 18 |
Gathering Numerical Evidence | p. 21 |
References | p. 25 |
Chocolate and Healing in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Culture | p. 29 |
Mesoamerican Culture and Chocolate | p. 30 |
Mesoamerican Medical Uses of Chocolate | p. 35 |
References | p. 39 |
Cacao Transported to Europe as Medicine | p. 44 |
Preparing Chocolate Remedies | p. 47 |
Chocolate in the Medical Literature | p. 51 |
Patient Accounts | p. 58 |
Chocolate in the Pharmacy Literature | p. 60 |
References | p. 63 |
Expanding Chocolate's Use as Medicine | p. 71 |
Medics and Manufacturers Promoting Chocolate | p. 72 |
Milk is Added to Chocolate | p. 81 |
References | p. 85 |
Chocolate and Nutritional Health: Industrial Era through WWII | p. 90 |
Drinking Chocolate | p. 91 |
Eating Chocolate | p. 97 |
Pure and Unadulterated Chocolate | p. 98 |
Wholesome and Nutritional Chocolate | p. 110 |
Homeopathic and Dietetic Chocolate | p. 112 |
Power, Pep and Chocolate | p. 117 |
References | p. 121 |
Modern Chocolate Science and Human Health | p. 127 |
Experimentally Supported Benefits from Chocolate Consumption | p. 134 |
Chocolate on the Brain | p. 136 |
Chocolate - A Panacea? | p. 140 |
Early 21St-Century Medical Use of Chocolate | p. 141 |
References | p. 145 |
Epilogue: Prognosticating Chocolate's Future as Medicine | p. 158 |
References | p. 165 |
Disorders and Diseases that Chocolate (Cacao) Products have Reputedly Improved throughout History | p. 168 |
18th-Century General Recipe for "Health Chocolate" | p. 172 |
Partial List of Chemical Compounds Found in Cacao | p. 175 |
Captain James Wadsworth's Poetical Introduction to his 1652 translation of Dr Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma's Chocolate; or, An Indian Drinke. By the Wise and Moderate Use whereof, Health is Preserved, Sicknesse Diverted, and Cured, Especially the Plague of the Guts; Vulgarly called The New Disease; Fluxes, Consumptions, & Coughs of the Lungs, with Sundry other Desperate Diseases. By it also, Conception is Caused, the Birth Hastened and Facilitated, Beauty Gain'd and Continued. | p. 177 |
Bibliography | p. 181 |
Subject Index | p. 207 |
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