LONDON -- Authorities say a British teen has had her stomach removed after she ingested a cocktail prepared with liquid nitrogen, an exotic ingredient often used by bartenders to add a touch of drama to their drinks.
British media say 18-year-old Gaby Scanlon was out with her friends Thursday night in the northern England city of Lancaster when she was hospitalized after having a drink prepared with liquid nitrogen, a super-cooled version of the harmless gas.
Liquid nitrogen evaporates rapidly at room temperature, creating a cauldron effect as water condenses around the glass.
It's not clear how exactly Scanlon managed to ingest the liquid -- local police have said they're investigating -- but public health officials say it's time to take a second look at its use in bars.
yeah this has been big news in the UK media for a few days now. sucks to be her the bar should be closed for selling drinks like this imo, cos if a bar sells a drink you'd expect it to be safe and harmless to consume
It said it evaporates rapidly at room temperature so they mean it should have been gone by the time she drank it
Not when the ROOM is at room temperature (that doesn't even make sense), when the nitrogen is at room temperature. That's how it cools drinks, it's added to cool/room temperature alcohol and then the drink gets colder as the liquid nitrogen evaporates. It might've been added to a drink that was too cold and it didn't fully evaporate. The liquid nitrogen was probably still cold enough that it burned her stomach.
A revised liquid diet. The intestines do digestion anyways, the stomach is mainly there for breaking up bigger chunks of matter physically and chemically so that the intestines can then absorb the nutrients.
A revised liquid diet. The intestines do digestion anyways, the stomach is mainly there for breaking up bigger chunks of matter physically and chemically so that the intestines can then absorb the nutrients.
That's worse than death
Poor girl, do y'all think foul play was involved like something was added to the mix?
She drank it?
