Editing Brandy (section)

=== Historical medical uses ===
In the 19th century, brandy was often used as medical treatment due to its alleged "stimulating" qualities. It was also used by many European explorers of tropical Africa, who suggested that regular, moderate doses of brandy might help a traveller to cope with fever, depression, and stress. These views fell out of favour in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, with suggestions that people were using brandy's "medical" qualities as an excuse for social drinking.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Armston-Sheret |first1=Edward |last2=Walker |first2=Kim |date=2021-09-24 |title=Is alcohol a tropical medicine? Scientific understandings of climate, stimulants and bodies in Victorian and Edwardian tropical travel |journal=The British Journal for the History of Science |language=en |volume=54 |issue=4 |pages=465–484 |doi=10.1017/S0007087421000649 |pmid=34558394 |s2cid=237617567 |issn=0007-0874|doi-access=free }}</ref>