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

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

Robert entered a room smelling of rhubarb, jalap, ipecac, and other medicines in bottles and packages on the shelves.

From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Coffin, Charles Carleton