Dr. Alvin's Cough Medicine

Doctor Alvin's Old New Orleans Cough Medicine is a beverage originally made by Dr. Alvin Wright. He first made his cough medicine as an actual medicine in 1889. It was made form bourbon and other "exotic ingredients from the jungles of the Amazon and the forests of New Guinea". To make it better salable, he made it into a "refreshing carbonated beverage" and got rid of the medicine, though he kept the name. In the 1920s, a nonalcoholic version of the drink was introduced.