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

He'd better see that you have a good course of jalap.

From The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in by Hill, Grace Brooks

Jal′apin, a glucoside resin, one of the purgative principles of jalap.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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