In 1863, an obscure chemist named Angelo Mariani from Corsica arrived in Paris. Coming from a long line of doctors and chemists, Mariani set up shop in a modest Parisian quarter and began unlocking ...

Cocaethylene works like cocaine, but with more euphoria. So in 1863, when Parisian chemist Angelo Mariani combined coca and wine and started selling it, a butterfly did flap its wings.

Angelo Mariani of Bloomingdale, Veteran of WWII, beloved husband of Frances, nee Gilio; devoted father of Gayle (Ronald) Mazur and Carol (Donald) Foss; dear brother of many; fond grandfather of ...

Two popes, actually. The brand was Vin Mariani, the brainchild of French chemist and winemaker Angelo Mariani. In the mid- to late 1800s, the beverage was widely circulated in France, the United ...

The world’s first cocaine millionaire was probably Angelo Mariani, a French chemist originally from Corsica, Dr. Howard Markel writes in his new book, “An Anatomy of Addiction.” Mariani ...

A good example was the Vin Mariani developed by the Corsican Angelo Mariani. Vin Mariani was a concoction of cocaine in claret, which was certainly a very reasonable idea. Not surprisingly the ...

Angelo Mariani of Bloomingdale, Veteran of WWII, beloved husband of Frances, nee Gilio; devoted father of Gayle (Ronald) Mazur and Carol (Donald) Foss; dear brother of many; fond grandfather of ...