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[Marjoprydore]

doctors orders 9 letters. Thank you

[scorpiojo]

Doctors orders is number 9.

Is it not from a pharmacy?

[Jackdaw33]

See your previous thread. Number nine was a laxative handed out by army doctors suing the war. it became known as doctor's orders.

[Sam1960]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_bingo_nicknames

[Marjoprydore]

Thank you I had laxatives for ThEse Should get you running!! Also 9 letters, must be wrong. Can you help Please?

[scorpiojo]

^ I did not know that

[Jackdaw33]

The original post was things found in a pharmacy. Doctor's orders was army slang for laxatives, given to those who were thought to be malingering.

[JoolsTwo]

Diuretics??

[Marjoprydore]

Thank you amazing what you learn. X

[Jackdaw33]

At the time, standard medication in the army was numbered. The MO would tell the medic to give a pill of a certain category. Number nine was the most frequently prescribed, hence doctor's orders.