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
Yesterday was a triumph for mercury, jalap, and bleeding.
From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell
Tincture of jalap, five or six drops in water every three hours til it purges, to be repeated daily.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
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
