Intemperance

Focus specifically on the in the 19th century.

: Societies implemented laws to suppress intemperance, including penalties for those who allowed excessive drinking or gaming in their establishments. Intemperance in Literature intemperance

Analyze (like those in Dickens' or Poe's works) who struggle with it. Focus specifically on the in the 19th century

: Early medical writers began to classify habitual drunkenness as a "disease," even when it was initiated by a "vicious" act of choice. Reformers like Benjamin Rush argued that victims deserved compassion similar to those afflicted with other maladies. intemperance

: Uncontrolled anger, such as frequent furious outbursts.

Explore the between modern "addiction" and classical "intemperance."