Winston Churchill’s GP was a legend or just a bad doctor (Photo: Getty Images)

Winston Churchill, hands down, had the best GP ever.

It was so much better back in the day – people were told smoking was good for stress, we could go to work on an egg, and alcohol helped you get over a bug?

At least, that was the wise advise of the former Prime Minister’s doctor.

But I suppose if you’re an up and coming leader of the country you can pretty much get whatever you want, even eight double shots of spirit a day!


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The prescription from 1932 recommends eight doubles of spirit (Picture: Winston Churchill Archive/Art Tattler)

The prescription from January 26, 1932, was signed off by Otto C. Pickhardt M.D. and granted Churchill ‘the use of alcoholic spirits especially at meal times’ for post-accidental convalescence – that means after an illness or accident.



So basically, what he’s trying to say is after a flu get plastered everyday, especially with grub – booze goes well with food.

And not just a pint with your burger, Pickhardt suggests a MINIMUM of 250 cubic centimetres, the equivalent of 10 shots.

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So either Pickhardt was a legend, or Churchill was good at forging prescriptions to get the misses off his back.

Either way, the NHS should really consider this.

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