Chocolate as medicine a quest over the centuries - Wilson, Philip K.; Hurst, W. Jeffrey (RSC Publ., 2012)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Chocolate as medicine: an introduction -- Chocolate as medicine: seeking evidence throughout history -- Chocolate and healing in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture -- Cacao transported to Europe as medicine -- Expanding chocolate's use as medicine -- Chocolate and nutritional health: industrial era through WWII -- Modern chocolate science and human heath -- Epilogue: prognosticating chocolate's future as medicine