How quinine caused World War I (hyperbolic title alert) (video) (IMAGE)

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How quinine caused World War I (hyperbolic title alert) (video)

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If we look at how the bark of the cinchona tree is used to treat malaria, we can see the cutting-edge chemistry of quinine binding an enzyme essential for the malaria parasite’s survival. But if we look from another angle, we can see how that coincidental affinity may have been a major contributing factor to World War I: https://youtu.be/wnvo53xUxP4.

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