jalap
Example Sentences
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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
The bowels were kept open by jalap and the potassium bitartrate.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
In my early life when Dr. Francis was called to our house professionally the favorite dose he invariably prescribed for nearly every ailment was "calomel and jalap."
From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Marian Gouverneur
At length there were about one hundred yards between us, and I had reached a small patch of flowering jalap trees which covered me.
From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various
