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

Though, judging from the taste of your jalap, I can't see how that could be.

From Amusement Only by Marsh, Richard

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 Gouverneur, Marian