When I am nauseous or have vomited, I drink ginger ale or Sprite. There are other times when a good Coca Cola is the only thing that will soothe my stomach ills. When I have a migraine, Tylenol accompanied with Coke can sometimes nip it. There is a reason pharmacists concocted soda medicines. But ignorance is bliss.
Today’s Coke is not the same as what the pharmacists used to mix up. Heh. My daddy was a pharmacist. And I grew up in Mississippi. Sixth graders always had a field trip to Vicksburg where we visited the civil war battlefield. I’m not sure if we also visited the pharmacy where the first bottled Coke was made or if I did that on a field trip with a smaller group. We were proud to say that the first bottled Coke came fromMississippi.
Coke syrup was commonly used years ago for upset stomachs——you could buy the syrup at the soda fountain.
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