Sundowner...

[Lallans]

Is it Cliff Clavin time again already? Oh well.

As far as Africa and the tropics go... before 1940 or so, quinine was the only effective treatment against malaria and became a traditional mixer in Sundowners as I understand them (quinine was used to make tonic water and inparts the 'interesting' original taste). Of course quinine, when consumed in large quantities, supposedly makes one quite deaf as the years go by.

What?

[Irish Jack O'Brian]

Is it Cliff Clavin time again already? Oh well.

As far as Africa and the tropics go... before 1940 or so, quinine was the only effective treatment against malaria and became a traditional mixer in Sundowners as I understand them (quinine was used to make tonic water and inparts the 'interesting' original taste). Of course quinine, when consumed in large quantities, supposedly makes one quite deaf as the years go by.

What?

I was in Niger in the sixties and had a kerosene refrigerator which could make six ice cubes in 24 hours. Just enough for two gin and tonics! (I can taste the quinine now.) When I forgot to put water in the ice trays one day, I was forced to drink my sundowners HOT. That oversight led to my Third Law of Life: "Always Fill the Ice Trays."

I still came back with malaria.

[Mike_Oettle]

Irish Jack wrote: “I still came back with malaria.”

And that, unfortunately, is the problem. Quinine (whether taken with gin or in tablet form as we did in Owambo) is not a guarantee against catching malaria.
I wonder when the next anti-malaria breakthrough will be.
Regards,
Mike

[Jock Scot]

Irish Jack wrote: “I still came back with malaria.”

And that, unfortunately, is the problem. Quinine (whether taken with gin or in tablet form as we did in Owambo) is not a guarantee against catching malaria.
I wonder when the next anti-malaria breakthrough will be.
Regards,
Mike

Bring back DDT, I say.

[macwilkin]

Irish Jack wrote: “I still came back with malaria.”

And that, unfortunately, is the problem. Quinine (whether taken with gin or in tablet form as we did in Owambo) is not a guarantee against catching malaria.
I wonder when the next anti-malaria breakthrough will be.
Regards,
Mike

Trivia: Quinine was developed by a Missouri resident, Dr. John S. Sappington:

http://shs.umsystem.edu/famousmissou...ton/index.html

T.

[Mike_Oettle]

DDT kills mosquitoes . . . and a heck of a lot of other stuff in the eco-system.

[Jock Scot]

DDT kills mosquitoes . . . and a heck of a lot of other stuff in the eco-system.

Yes I know, but there are times when I want all mosquitoes to die a long, lingering and extremely painful death and frankly at those particular times I don't care about much else!