![]() Aromatic spirits of ammonia is only 2 percent ammonia, with water, ethyl alcohol, and essential oils such as lemon, lavender, and nutmeg added to form a pungent tincture. ![]() And though people are still familiar with the fizzy stomach-salve that is ginger ale, only the rare senior citizen tends to bring up the once-popular concoction known as ammoniated Coca-Cola.Īlthough Coke is popular around the world, the other component of this cocktail is more obscure. Pharmacists were masters of tinctures and tonics, many of which became popular refreshments with curative promises across the United States. ![]() In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the drugstore and the soda fountain were not only intertwined, but often one and the same.
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