The Medicine That Was To Be
When Coca Cola was supposed to be a medicine….
By Coca-Cola [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
One of the good things that came from the American Civil War is Coca Cola.
John Pemberton served in the American Civil War and returned wounded. To ease the pain, he became addicted to Morphine. A pharmacist by profession, Mr.Pemberton decided to do something about his addiction. So in 1886, he sought out the seed of cocaine- Coca. And what was the result? A sweet fizzy caramel flavoured drink he sold for 5 cents we now know as Coca-Cola.
