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Dr. I. W. Day of McPherson writes to Governor George W. Glick expressing support for pardoning Dr. J. B. Curtis of Lindsborg, who was prosecuted for violating Kansas' prohibition law by prescribing beer to a patient. Dr. Day describes his professional evaluation of the patient's symptoms as recorded in the court testimony, and explains that he believes the patient really was sick and that beer was an appropriate remedy. This letter is an example of the controversies that arose over an exception in the state's alcohol prohibition law which allowed the use of alcohol for medicinal purposes. Some people believed that doctors were prescribing alcohol without a real medicinal need, and some doctors and druggists were prosecuted for alleged violations of the alcohol prohibition law.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883: Glick)
Date: August 29, 1884
Item Number: 214016
Call Number: Governor's Office, Glick, Box 10, Folder 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 214016
Business and Industry - Health care - Alternative medicine
Business and Industry - Health care - Medical suppliers
Business and Industry - Health care - Pharmacies
Business and Industry - Manufacturing - Food and Drink - Liquor and beer
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Pharmacists
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Physicians
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Glick, George Washington
Date - 1880s - 1884
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Alcohol
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Prohibition and temperance
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Glick, George Washington
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Glick, George Washington, 1827-1911
Places - Cities and towns - Lindsborg
Places - Cities and towns - McPherson
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - McPherson
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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