This was Winston Churchill's medicinal alcohol prescription from Jan. 26, 1932. He'd been hit by a car at Fifth Avenue and 76th Street.

“This is to certify that the postaccident convalescence of the Hon. Winston S. Churchill necessitates the use of alcoholic spirits especially at meal times. The quantity is naturally indefinite but the minimum requirements would be 250 cubic centimeters."

*remember it was prohibition back then!

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