Metcalf's Coca Wine
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| Metcalf's Coca Wine | |
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As advertised, c. 1893 | |
| Vendors | Theo. Metcalf Co. (Boston, MA) |
Metcalf's Coca Wine was an American tonic wine, made from a mixture of coca leaves and wine, sold by the Theodore Metcalf Co. of Boston, Massachusetts. Advertising copy described the coca wine as a "pleasant tonic and invigorator," recommended for "neuralgia, sleeplessness, despondency," as well as "febrile disorders" and relief of "typhus, scorbutus, gastralgia, anemia, enteralgia, and to assist digestion," thanks to the "anodyne and anti-spasmodic" effect of coca.[1]
Advertising
"Metcalf's Coca Wine - Always Uniform Therefore Always Reliable For Fatigue of Mind or Body." (1893)
"As a Tonic and Invigorator it is always Safe, Agreeable and Certain, being prepared with the utmost skill and precision from the Freshest Coca Leaves and the Purest Wine obtainable." (1893)
"METCALF'S COCA WINE owes its wide spread popularity to several advantages which it possesses over others..." (1896)
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References
- ↑ "Metcalf's Coca Wine", The Medical Fortnightly 4 (6-7): 67, 1893, https://hatch.kookscience.com/wiki/File:Metcalf%27s_Coca_Wine_-_The_Medical_Era_(4.6-7,_p._67)_-_1893.jpg
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