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DR. PEMBERTON'S CURE
Dr. John Pemberton's "cure" wqas a patent medicine created in 1886 to treat morhine addiction, nerve pain, headaches, and hangovers. His remedy consisted of Bordeaux wine mixed with coca leaves and kola nuts, with the coca leaves providing 6mg of cociane. His cure and his company went through a number of changes through the years becoming one of the most recognized brands in the world= this is the story-which was "Found In The Footnotes" JH 1001 Heoes, Legends, Histories & Mystyeries Podcast every Wednesday at 4pm ET.
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