quote: | Originally posted by Vector A
Lololol, saw someone calculate that you would need like 6L of tonic water to get a therapeutic dose, assuming that quinine would work in the same way.
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A little more than that, actually. 83-84mg of quinine per litre, while a therapeutic dose of quinine is 600mg. Looking at around 7.15 litres of tonic water.
Assuming a ratio of 3:1, that will require a not-too-shabby 2.4 litres of gin. At 40% ABV, that's a solid 750 grams of alcohol.
The cure may be worse than the disease
That's all assuming that the tonic water had actual quinine in it, of course. Lots of the cheap stuff doesn't.
Of course, one could also procure cinchona bark and produce one's own! Lots of home recipes have twice the quantity of quinine as is in the commercial stuff. One could easily bring down the quantity of tonic water necessary to 3-3.5 litres, thus requiring only a litre of gin. Much more survivable!
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