Why the note of this era ban for Winston Churchill is viral
"The amount of [alcohol to consume] is indefinite."
Winston Churchill is known for many things: its spiritualreturns, His awakening speeches and Brittany leads her by the Second World War. But he is also known as a man who really liked to drink, so much there isa debate Among the historians as to whether or not an alcoholic was.
He started his morning with a "daily whiskey mouth rinse" and continued drinking throughout the day, his favorite Johnny Walker Label. At lunch, it has often appreciated a bottle of champagne, preferably a pol roger served at a specific temperature. He clogged his evenings with a beautiful brandy. Its alcohol capacity was so comfortable that when it went to the White House, the staff members referred to it as "Winston hours", while his beverage habits would put Roosevelt out of commission for a few days. As Churchill said himself: "I have more thanalcohol thanalcohol came out of me. "
Maybe it's not a surprise, while Churchill had a note from a doctor who would allow him to drink alcohol during the prohibition, so he could continue to repel his visits to America .
Note 1932, shared by the user TwitterMeredith Frost, is quite hilariously formulated:
"This is to certify that the post-accidental convalescence of the member. Winston Churchill requires the use of alcoholic spirits, especially during meals. The quantity is naturally undetermined, but the minimum requirements would be 250 cubic centimeters, "he reads.
Better yet, there is a story behind her.
According toMartin GilbertThe biography of 'Winston Churchill: the wildlifeChurchill was in New York in December 1931 and ran late in a dinner with financialBernard Baruch on the upper side is. When he came out of his taxi, he tried to hurry across the street and ended up being hit by a 35-mile car on time. His fault fatal was that he had neglected to remember that traffic moves differently to the US.S. than in England.
"In England, we often cross routes along which rapid traffic moves in both directions," Churchill said in an article for theDaily mail. "I did not think the task I was fixing now is difficult or rash. But at that time, the habit has played me a deadly tower. I did not early leave the taxi somewhere. middle of the road and told the driver waiting for me to instinctively turned my eyes to the left. About 200 meters away were the yellow headlights of a car approach. I thought I had time to cross the road before his Arrival; and I started doing it in the preposition - completely unjustified - that my only dangers were left. "
It was precipitated at Lenox Hill Hospital, where it was treated for a fractured nose, fractured ribs and a wound at the head. In the absence of alcohol, he asked the beautician of "chloroform or something". Although he is seriously ill, he has not lost his sense of humor. "They almost did me time, Thompson," he said to his detective.
He took the entire January to recover in the Bahamas, where he recovered "by sea and tanning, massage and other AIDS".
In February, he returned to America to continue the series of conferences he had to cancel because of the accident, but this time, he prepared with the doctor's note that would allow him to receive his medicine. preferred whenever he loved it. Apparently, previously, his work strategy to bypass was to make a brandy smuggling in hot-stone bottles. Which legend.
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