Starting with Haggard’s work on alcohol metabolism, these
efforts marked the first modern attempt to put the study of alcohol
and alcohol problems in a scientific framework. Jellinek’s influential
work, The Disease Concept of Alcoholism, was a product of the Yale
experience. The Yale Center of Alcohol Studies and the Classified
Abstract Archive of the Alcohol Literature were established. The Yale
Plan Clinic was also set up to diagnose and treat alcoholism. The Yale
Summer School of Alcohol Studies, now the Rutgers School, educated professionals and laypeople from all walks of
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We have to thank Yale for being pioneers in alcohol research
