1830s Tomato Pill War: Tomato Extract Sold as Medicine in US
In the 1830s, Dr. John Cook Bennett promoted tomatoes as a remedy for indigestion and diarrhoea, leading to the sale of tomato extract pills across the US. Entrepreneurs Archibald Miles and Dr. Guy R. Phelps competed fiercely in what became known as the Tomato Pill War. Their public dispute was widely covered in newspapers before the craze ended.
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