Augustin Thompson

Augustin Thompson November 25, 1835 - June 8, 1903

Thompson was born in Union Maine and served in the 28th Infantry, Maine Volunteers in the Civil War. He attended medical school after the war and began practice in Lowell MA in 1867.

He created his original patent medicine Nerve Food in 1876 and later used it in a carbonated beverage in 1884. He trade-marked the product as "Moxie" in 1885.

Notes

References

*"The Book of Moxie" by Frank Potter
*"The Moxie Encyclopedia" by Q. David Bowers

External links

* [http://www.matthewsmuseum.org/augustin.htm Thompson biography]
* [http://www.mariettasodamuseum.com/moxie_facts.htm Moxie Facts]

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