For several decades the British colonial societies in their tropical colonies drank tonic with with quinine to fend off malaria and dengue fever. It appears to have had some beneficial effects. They also liked to spike the drink with English gin, thus the drink we have today of "gin and tonic." Of course the gin has zero health benefits, but mad dogs and Englishmen....
For several decades the British colonial societies in their tropical colonies drank tonic with with quinine to fend off malaria and dengue fever. It appears to have had some beneficial effects. They also liked to spike the drink with English gin, thus the drink we have today of "gin and tonic." Of course the gin has zero health benefits, but mad dogs and Englishmen....