 In 1888 the Bulletin de l <unk> de medicine ( Bulletin of the Academy of Medicine ) published a report that Desbouvrie had sent them a manuscript and requested verification of an invention he claimed to have made . He called it was a matter of public health to counter the effects of chronic alcoholism . According to the report , which was republished in English in summary form in the Medical Record and the Cincinnati Lancet @-@ clinic , Desbouvrie had attempted a preventive cure for hangovers . Desbouvrie asserted that the cure required eating albumen and fat in appropriate proportions one hour before alcohol consumption , and had invented a chocolate which he claimed contained both ingredients in an effective ratio . He provided samples to the Academy and assured its members he had tested the cure upon himself . 
