The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-05-06
Kenosha Doctor Explains Why Booze on Pre-
scriptions Must Become Thing
of the Past.
ARE ONLY ALLOWED ONE A DA7
Predicts an Extra Dry Spell when New Rule of One
Alcohol Prescription Day for Each
Physician Goes into Effect.

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coming for all Kenoshans who expect
the doctors of this city to help them
keep this city from becoming an al
cholic Saraha," explained a well known
Kenosha physician today as he began
to predict a dry summer. II don't
know how much prescription hooch
there has been in Kenosha since the
dry wave started last July the first,
but I do know that it's going to get
drier and drier.
ut can't get any other way" he
continued, "for each and every one
Of the physicians in Kenosha has re-
ceived orders from the federal gov
eminent that after the 18th of May
he will be limited to making out just
one prescription calling for whiskey
as a medicine each day. Right now
we are limited to three each day, but
there is more chance for loophole.
After the 18th it's one day and no
more"
Not if He's Dying"
What if you have two patients who
are going to die that day unless whis-
key is allowed to be used as medi-
cine ?" was the next, inquiry.
"Well, I'm not sure that a person
ever gets to that place where whiskey
is the only solution" he added, "but
if after May the fifteenth that hap
pens, the two patients will have to
throw dice to see which one gets the
drink and which one to twang golden
harp in the other world. / tell you
this law is going to be as changeless
as the law of the Modes and the Per-
sians'-all we can do is hew to the
line or quit practicing medicine"
The new order, to be accurate, al
lows the doctor to have one hundred
prescription blanks for each three
months, but the doctors have figured
out that to keep on the good side Of
the margin, prescription day is to
be the rule and to be very rarely
varied
Now Allowed Three Day,
The physician went on to explain
that up until the 18th the doctors
would be allowed legally to give out
as many as three prescriptions a day
where the patients condition required
the use of whiskey as a medicine. "My
advice to all of these people who have
developed colds and rhumatism to an
alarming degree since the drought set
in, is for them to start recovering
right now," he said. CAS- far as l am
concerned / have given out very few
prescriptions since the law went into
effect and | think that the majority
of Kenosha doctors have done the same
thing. If. however, a few of them may
have been little lenient with some
Of their cases of chronic colds, it is
certain that all this leniency will be
done away with by the new ruling.
Gets Reminiscent Too.
"Do you have many calls for these
prescriptions 2" suggested the inter
viewer from the intimation made in
Che last line.
"Do T." perked up the NJ D. "Well,
It's the strangest thing how many more
men have colds nowadays than they
did last year at this same time |
wish you could see some of these
coughing spells they stage in my Of
flee. They come in and preface their
remarks with a little nervous cough.
doc, can't you do something for
this bad cough" they will say, and
then they will go into paroxysm
that makes whooping cough a mere
gurge, They will suggest rather sue
cinctly that little bit of rock and
rye used to be the thing they took
for Just such cold and wonder if it
wouldn't be possible to secure aSlittle
Of the old remedy Most days I have
twenty callers just about like that.
Once in a long while a woman gets into
their ranks and sometimes they hit
on rheumatism instead of cold"
Got a Waiting List.
give got it all figured out, though
and I've stopped worrying" explained
the doctor. Sometime ago estab-
lished waiting list. Now, | explain
to them that am allowed three pre-
scriptions day and ask them if they
can worry along until l get their
names on the list. I'm usually two
weeks behind the list and they prefer
to find an immediate remedy elsewhere
which is altogether satisfactory to
me-"
Glow are you going to decide who
gets the drink day after the 18th,
Of May" suggested the persistent in
terviewer, as the doctor started to
leave for his next morning call.
Same way" came the answer. sim
not going to have to fight my way
through the mob every morning when
they gather to see who has the worst
cold. I'm going to elaborate on the
waiting list plan and if necessary I'll
put bulletin on my door warning them
how far down the line they come be-
fore they will ever be considered"
Miss Lamberson Receives Appointment
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