Doctor (cocktail)

In 1936 fellow drink book author Frank Meier listed the cocktail as equal parts punsch and white rum, with a teaspoon each of orange and lemon juice.

[9] Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress, a potential reason for the renaming of a drink that contained Swedish Punsch.

Early alcoholic concoctions were often thought of as "medicinal", and even in 1948 cocktail books were pondering such questions as "Why are rye and bourbon whiskies frequently prescribed by doctors and Scotch practically never?

"[11] Other "doctor" cocktails include the Doctor Johnson, which was a tropical cocktail by design that called for[12] 1/4 gin, 1/2 pineapple syrup, 1/8 passion fruit juice, and 1/8 lemon juice shaken with a dash of grenadine and egg white, making it a potential precursor for later Tiki drinks.

However, it is potentially telling that the book also included a recipe for the Doctor Johnson Jr, which contained no liquor.

[13] His alcohol problem and ultimate need for abstinence was well documented[14] and he was quoted as saying "I can't drink a little, child, therefore I never touch it".

[15] The drink was named after Dr. Bernard Funk, a German physician who was a doctor for Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa.

[16] Berry provides evidence that the doctor was also a bartender in his own right and lists the drink as being a mixture of light Puerto Rican rum, lime juice, and pomegranate syrup stirred with a teaspoon of Pernod and club soda.

[18] Crane, who tongue in cheek referred to himself as high chief "Stefooma", claimed that a "Dr. Fong Foo" was also the overseer of the food and drinks at his The Luau restaurant.