Dr Virbhan Balai

• Cocaine was a popular ingredient in wines, notably Vin Mariani

• Coca wine received endorsement from prime-ministers, royalty and even the Pope

• Architect Frédérick-Auguste Bartholdi remarked that if only he had used Vin Mariani earlier in his life, then he would have engineered the Statue of Liberty a few hundred meters higher

Effects of cocaine on Hemodynamics

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