Blog - Wigmore on Alcohol

Updated on: August 11, 2015

With just over a week before the BIG day, my thoughts recently turned to Christmases past. I used to...

Updated on: August 11, 2015

It is often seen that what matters in a culture is expressed by the number of terms a language has f...

Updated on: August 11, 2015

With all the media attention that surrounds tragic fatal alcohol poisonings by students at universit...

Published on: December 1, 2014

View Post As with most legislation aimed at influencing the behavior of road users, a ‘shock’ ef...

Published on: August 23, 2014

Alcohol is a depressant drug and, as such, at high enough blood alcohol concentrations can cause dea...

Updated on: August 11, 2014

“Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink” (Isaiah 5:...

Updated on: August 11, 2014

In my 49th blog (posted November 3rd, 2013), the effect of acute tolerance to alcohol (first describ...

Updated on: August 11, 2014

In 1919, Sir Edward Mellanby (1884 – 1955) published his monograph, “Alcohol, Its Absorption int...

Updated on: August 11, 2014

The title of this blog is taken from the title of the brilliant review paper on the psychological an...