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

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 Gouverneur, Marian

Lucas," he said, "Do you think, by any chance, that dose of jalap was too strong?

From Amusement Only by Marsh, Richard

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

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