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

Cathartics of the mild kind, as sena, jalap, neutral salts, manna.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

If jalap has been used, it will form a thick film on the top, and the heavy ingredients will sink to the bottom.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

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