Olga Brajnikoff
At 18, Olga Brajnikoff left her middle-class family behind in Moscow to pursue her education in France, where women were allowed to attend medical school. She graduated in 1900 from the prestigious Paris Faculte' de Medicine, with a thesis on the effects of heavy alcohol consumption, a new area of interest among physicians. Brajnikoff practiced at the Ville-Evrard Asylum, the only hospital with a ward for alcoholics. She was the first woman doctor in France to study and treat alcoholism. Her status as an outsider marginalized her research interest: male physicians routinely mocked her for studying what they viewed as a working-class, non-French, problem. Although her research is largely forgotten today, Brajnikoff was one of many faceless women who courageously braved the male-dominated halls of French medicine.
The Drink:
Crimson Bulleit Punch
2 parts Bulleit (or other bourbon)
2 parts cranberry-pomegranate juice
1/2 part Domaine de Canton (or other) ginger liquer
2 parts champagne
lime slices
Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "temporary tattoos!"
From the inaugural meeting, themed "Newbies", hosted by our newest member Irish Knockout
At 18, Olga Brajnikoff left her middle-class family behind in Moscow to pursue her education in France, where women were allowed to attend medical school. She graduated in 1900 from the prestigious Paris Faculte' de Medicine, with a thesis on the effects of heavy alcohol consumption, a new area of interest among physicians. Brajnikoff practiced at the Ville-Evrard Asylum, the only hospital with a ward for alcoholics. She was the first woman doctor in France to study and treat alcoholism. Her status as an outsider marginalized her research interest: male physicians routinely mocked her for studying what they viewed as a working-class, non-French, problem. Although her research is largely forgotten today, Brajnikoff was one of many faceless women who courageously braved the male-dominated halls of French medicine.
The Drink:
Crimson Bulleit Punch
2 parts Bulleit (or other bourbon)
2 parts cranberry-pomegranate juice
1/2 part Domaine de Canton (or other) ginger liquer
2 parts champagne
lime slices
Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "temporary tattoos!"
From the inaugural meeting, themed "Newbies", hosted by our newest member Irish Knockout
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