Absinthism: A Fictitious 19th Century
Syndrome with Present Impact
Stephan A Padosch,#1 Dirk W Lachenmeier,#2 and Lars U Kröner#3

Competing interests

The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests.

Authors' contributions

SAP and LUK were responsible for the original concept and design of the article and drafted the sections "The rise and fall of wormwood spirits" and "Nineteenth century studies about absinthism". DWL contributed the sections "Definition of pre-ban absinthe", "Pre-ban absinthe – a target for food adulteration", "Modern absinthe", "Modern studies about pharmacology and toxicology of thujone", "Toxicological Rehabilitation of Absinthe", "Present Impact" and revised the final draft. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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