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It Started as Medicine

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

 

When drinking tonic with gin, vodka or whatever spirit, it might not be general knowledge, the quinine in it, has been a lifesaver for centuries.

The bark of the cinchona tree was first used by the Peruvian native tribe called the Quencua for the treatment of malaria.

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