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In the eighteen thirties, ketchup was sold in the United States as a medicine for indigestion.

Why it is true

Dr. John Cook Bennett promoted tomato extract as a cure for diarrhea, jaundice, and indigestion, selling it in pill form before it became the condiment we know today.

Source: Medical History

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