Today is “Doctor’s Day,” which commemorates the “anniversary of the occasion when Dr. Crawford W. Long became the first acclaimed physician to use ether as an anesthetic agent in a surgical technique, Mar 30, 1842.” The holiday has been observed annually since 1933, though it’s unclear why in 1933 people decided a holiday for doctors should be started. But it’s the perfect day to mention a curious account of Doctors during Prohibition that was published in New Scientist last fall. It was called When Doctors Battled For Medicinal Beer and while beer and whisky are at the center of the story, it’s really about control and the physician’s autonomy that’s at the heart of the story. An interesting read.