A little of what you fancy.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)

Virginia Berridge's article on alcohol in the May issue drew attention to the changing attitude of the medical profession. In the early 1950's I had to spend a short period in the military hospital at Saighton in Cheshire and every evening the nurse gave us the choice of a bottle of light ale or a bottle of stout as part of our 'medication'.

The guy sharing my ward had a half bottle of champagne prescribed because the MO had decided that he needed a special pick-me-up. Around the same time my unit was visited by a blood donation team and we were given a bottle of light ale or stout ...

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