MAN: The prescription was the legal way of bringing whiskey into your home. So for those that could afford to go through the doctor and get your one pint every 10 days... that was all you were allowed, 3 pints a month, not enough to get by on.
Las prescripciones eran la forma legal de llevar whisky a casa, entonces aquellos que podían darse el lujo de ir al doctor adquirían medio litro cada diez días, eso era lo permitido, litro y medio al mes,