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Peruvian wine of coca (1906)/ 2004/ work in progress - Satoshi Kinoshita
PERUVIAN WINE OF COCA (1906)/ 2004/ WORK IN PROGRESS  
( Satoshi Kinoshita )

Series: Prints on canvas: Work in progress
Medium: print on canvas
Size (inches): ***
Size (mm): ***
Catalog #: PC_073
Description: work in progress


COCAINE was thought to be the cure for morphine, heroin, alcohol and opium addictions. The drug’s exhilarating properties made it a preferred component not only of patent medicines, but for wine, beer and even soda pop. An advertisement in the Daily Memphis Avalanche in December 1885, extolled the virtues of J.S. Pemberton’s tonic, “French Wine of Coca.” Laced heavily with cocaine, it was the “ideal Nerve Tonic and ‘Intellectual Beverage’” and rid the buyer of those “’tired and good for nothing feelings. ’” Sears and Roebuck offered “Peruvian Wine of Coca.” According to the 1897 catalog: “If you wish to accomplish double the amount of work or have to undergo an unusual amount of hardship, always keep a bottle of our Peruvian Wine of Coca near you. Its sustaining powers are remarkable.” Sears had “made arrangements for an extra large shipment.” A dozen bottles cost $10.00.

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Copyright © 1999 by Dr. James B. Jones, Jr.

-The Use and Abuse of Drugs in Nineteenth-Century Tennessee History by Dr. James B. Jones, Jr., Public Historian


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