Is wine good for you?

I recently stumbled upon a copy of a Wynboer (Wine Farming) magazine from 1979 which provided some fascinating reading. It was an issue specifically looking at Wine and Health, with numerous articles on the subject.

'Wine is the best medicine', a book published by a medical practitioner named Dr Maury, talks about the tremendously high success rates he's achieved through medicating his patients with high quality wine. 

Illness	French	Daily dosage
Allergies	Medoc	1 glass
Diarrhoea	Young Beaujolais	4 glasses
Fever	Dry Champagne	1 bottle
Gout	Sancerre or Pouilly-Fume	4 glasses
Menopause	St. Emilion	4 glasses
Nervous depression	Medoc Red	4 glasses
Weight loss	Cote de Beaune	4 glasses
Weakness of the liver	Dry Champagne	4 glasses

I find the Gout treatment regime of particular interest.

The work of an American researcher named Bogen, from 1933, equating levels of blood alcohol to behaviour is summarised in the table below:

Alcohol per 100ml blood	Behaviour
0.03mg	dull and dignified
0.05mg	dashing and debonair
0.10mg	dangerous and devilish
0.3mg	disgusting and disorientated
0.4mg	delirious and dishevelled
0.5mg	drunk
0.6mg	dead drunk
0.7mg	dead