Alcohol on the medication list:
The last time I had seen “beer” on someone’s medication list was during my third year of medical school. The patient was scheduled to receive one can of beer with each meal. The patient, a upper class fellow whose wife had curtly reported, “He drinks two highballs before dinner each night and a glass or two of wine with dinner””he’s not an alcoholic!”, underwent some sort of facial surgery. His surgical team wanted to prevent any alcohol withdrawal and hence ordered alcohol for him.
