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Alcohol, the Alimentary Tract and Pancreas: Facts and Controversies

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Chronic Pancreatitis

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Alcohol has been used, and abused, since biblical times. Noah, of Ararat fame, was perhaps the first drunkard — “and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent” (Genesis 9:21). Lot’s daughters plied their father with drink to suit their own nefarious ends — “come, let us make our father drink wine,… that we may preserve seed of our father” (Genesis 19:32), while Samson’s mother was told to avoid alcohol to ensure a successful pregnancy — “now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine, nor strong drink” (Judges 13:4). The prophets of old, it seems, were fully aware of the fetal alcohol syndrome.

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  1. Gastrointestinal Clinic, Groote Schuur Hospital and Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, 7925, South Africa

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Marks, I.N. (1990). Alcohol, the Alimentary Tract and Pancreas: Facts and Controversies. In: Beger, H.G., Büchler, M., Ditschuneit, H., Malfertheiner, P. (eds) Chronic Pancreatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75319-0_4

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