Imagine being prescribed Coca-Cola by your doctor. Weird, isn't it? Not really; the drink was invented by a pharmacist and originally sold as a tonic.

It's a fun yet familiar fact that Coca-Cola, one of America's oldest soft drinks, contained actual cocaine in it until 1904. Dr. John Stith Pemberton was the entrepreneurial pharmacist who dreamed up ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Historic Columbus has installed an exhibit about Dr. John Pemberton, the pharmacist remembered for inventing Coca-Cola, in the main lobby at the historic YMCA building at 118 ...

A historically-important affinity lot consisted of a circa-1880s bottle embossed Pemberton's Wine Coca; an 1868 Pemberton medicinal ad from the Rome (Ga.) Courier; a May 1886 newspaper ad from the ...

Coca-Cola Co.’s world-famous soda has had quite the history since its introduction in 1886. Atlanta pharmacist John S. Pemberton originally touted the drink as a tonic, one containing cocaine and ...

Elusive Pepsi and Coca-Cola antiques just sold at auction and the going price surprised even the experts involved. Several of the "historically important" collectibles are from the early days of the ...