Absinthe Used to Be Malaria Medicine: The Secret Medical History of Cocktails

Créme de menthe settled rebellious stomachs and absinthe fended off malaria. This is the secret medical history of the speakeasy cocktails we've come to know and love. "We don't create cocktails now to cure venereal diseases or to relieve gout, but there's that history there," says Matthew Rowley, …