3 ms·
This article omits one interesting fact about lithium. '7 Up was created by Charles Leiper Grigg, who launched his St. Louis–based company The Howdy Corporatio
by chasil 2y ago
This article omits one interesting fact about lithium.
'7 Up was created by Charles Leiper Grigg, who launched his St. Louis–based company The Howdy Corporation in 1920. Grigg came up with the formula for a lemon-lime soft drink in 1929. The product, originally named "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda", was launched two weeks before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. It contained lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing drug, until 1948.'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_Up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_Up
- NikkiA 2y agoNote that the source for that is a snopes article that merely marks the status 'legend' without any true/false determination.
- chasil 2y agoMcGill University in Montreal appears to quote the wiki verbatim here: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know-history/7-was-originally-antidepressant https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know-history/7-was... Gizmodo also has an article on this, but without sources: https://gizmodo.com/7-up-used-to-contain-lithium-1634862072 https://gizmodo.com/7-up-used-to-contain-lithium-1634862072 This page, linked from Gizmodo, has a picture of what appears to be an antique label: https://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/28/What-is-the-7-in-7UP/ https://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/28/What-is-the-7-in-7UP/
- jadbox 2y agoWild. So 7' Up started with a mood drug and so did Coca Cola (1885) https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cocaine-coca-cola/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cocaine-coca-cola/
- Tagbert 2y agoMost soft drinks of the day started off as health tonics. Health tonics were popular in the late 19th and early 20th century and were often made by pharmacists and sold in their shops. That is why we had "soda fountains" in drug stores for much of the 20th century where you could go and have a drink that originally claimed a health benefit but eventually became just a treat.