His favorite faux wine sauce is a mixture of dissolved grape phenolics, tartaric acid, and water.”

Soldiers carried tartaric acid, developed by Pfizer, in their battlefield kits, and used it to treat wounds.

Horse aloes, burnt alum, agaric, Balm, benzoine, blood-stone, and dill; Castor, camphor, and acid tartaric, With specifics for every ill.”