Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-12 | Page 1 | Doctors Would Use Beer for Ailments

oo ssssssj DOCTORS WOULD USE BEER FOR AILMENTS WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. A ruling jH as to whether physicians can pre-scribe pre-scribe beer for sick people under th terms of the prohibition enforcement I act, was asked of Attorney General Palmer today by the treasury depart- Assistant Secretary McLean explain-ed explain-ed tiiat many inquiries hud been re-celved re-celved from doctors saying beer had a lower alcoholic content than win and for some ailments, particularly various forms of weakness, Its modi-clnai modi-clnai properties were more valuable.