jalap
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At Barrett’s apothecary, Eliza purchased jalap and Bohea tea.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Dr. Adam Kuhn called the mercury and jalap drink “a murderous dose” and said so in the newspapers.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
"Have we finished the bottle of jalap?" inquired Pybus.
From Amusement Only by Marsh, Richard
A good cathartic for ordinary cases is a mixture of jalap and potassium bitartrate, the pulvis jalap� compositus, consisting of one part of jalap and two of cream of tartar.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Hydragogue, hī′dra-gōg, n. a very active purgative, such as jalap.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
