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Maltine Manufacturing Company of New York made coca wine (at a time when psychoactive medicines such as cocaine and opium were part of medicinal products). The bottles offered these instructions: "A wine glass full with, or immediately after, meals. Children in proportion." Malt extract was taken for its health-promoting effects and alcohol was considered by many to have medicinal effects. It's not surprising to see the 'virtues' of these "medicines" combined into a single product. Submitted by Lauren Roberts.