Running late, Churchill took a cab.

With the burden of his financial worries, he managed to reschedule many of his speaking engagements.

This is to certify that the post-accident convalescence of the Hon.

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Winston S. Churchill necessitates the use of alcoholic spirits especially at meal times, wrote Pickhardt.

The quantity is naturally indefinite but the minimum requirements would be 250 cubic centimeters.

A note in pencil reads: Keep on hand, likely to get around the restrictions promptly.

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This particular prescription has made it into history books, but alcohol prescriptions were not rare during Prohibition.

Prohibition was lifted in 1933 with the ratification of the 21st Amendment.

A trip to New York made Winston Churchill part of the history of the Prohibition era.

doctor’s note given to winston churchill to drink unlimited alcohol

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