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

They said also that he took "jalap" at night, and that he saw as many battles as there were depicted on his carpet by Dutch art.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Paris, an English physician, had earlier reported that these pills consisted of aloes and jalap; the committee decided on aloes, with small amounts of colocynth and gamboge, as the purgatives of choice.

From Old English Patent Medicines in America by Griffenhagen, George B.

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

From Amusement Only by Marsh, Richard