However, were you aware that Coke possesses medicinal qualities as well? Indeed! In New Zealand, a woman faced with a small chicken bone lodged in her throat recounts an intriguing prescription given to her by an emergency room doctor—consumption of copious amounts of Coke.
The doctor advised the woman that Coke seemingly aids in dissolving the bone, and to the astonishment of everyone, it proved to be effective.
From Oddity Central:
Beth Brash recently sat down with New Zealand magazine Stuff to tell the unusual story of how she managed to get rid of the chicken bone stuck in her neck. It all started when she visited her favorite Wellington restaurant and tried their new chicken dish. To be fair, the staff there asked if she was ‘alright with bones,’ and having visited multiple countries where serving meat on the bone was considered normal, she wasn’t put off by it. Unfortunately, while eating the spicy dish, the young woman started experiencing a kind of tickling in her throat, which turned out to be a small piece of chicken bone.
Although alarmed by the sensation in her throat, Brash decided not to make a scene in the restaurant and even fought through the pain the entire weekend, assuming it would eventually go away. It didn’t, so she went to the emergency room first thing on Monday morning. She was informed that she did in fact have a small piece of chicken bone lodged in her throat, but the ENT [Ear, Nose and Throat] specialist told her that it wasn’t a cause for concern.
The spicy chicken aficionado was relieved to learn that her situation wasn’t serious, but she still expected to undergo an invasive procedure to have the bone removed. Instead, the ENT department simply advised her to drink four cans of sugary Coca-Cola to dissolve the piece of bone. She was surprised by the remedy, but she went to the supermarket and bought four Cokes. To her amazement, she started feeling better the next morning, and by the following day, she was already back to normal.
It's interesting to learn that Coke can assist in dislodging small bones that may be trapped in the throat.
However, it is understandable to find it somewhat unsettling that this beverage is capable of dissolving animal bones. It raises the question of what other substances it might be capable of dissolving, doesn't it?
