Re: [RML] A Question

Roy Hunter (rainbows01 at sprynet.com)
Sat, 1 Feb 1997 20:27:40 -0700

How correct you are Brian! Ask Bruce about Roy and his gin and
tonics...After all I was in the jungle down there (Compared to Colorado)...
Heaven forbid I catch malaria! Armstrong said there were not any good
doctors left in OZ. I wonder if he was just trying to ruffle Bruces
feathers or if its true. :-)

Roy Hunter
Co-Chairman
ANGFA of North America
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> From: BLang1234 at aol.com
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] A Question
> Date: Saturday, February 01, 1997 12:41 PM
>
> In a message dated 97-02-01 11:01:38 EST, you write:
>
> << rainbowfish at pcug.org.au >>
> >Unless someone has found a really obscure
> >source, quinine isn't available as a fish medication. I've been told
> >now that it's become difficult to even obtain w/o a doctors script
> >for human consumption too. Good luck.
>
> This is probably not really relevant to this discussion, but doesn't
tonic
> water contain quinine. My understanding is that in some British colonies
with
> a malaria problem, tonic water was used as a malaria preventative. Since
> tonic water tastes evil by itself, gin was added, thereby creating a very
> nice medication that had to be suffered through every day.
> Brian Lang