Peruvian bark
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Peruvian bark
First recorded in 1655–65
Example Sentences
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Britain prospected Peruvian bark trees and grew them in India, having first transplanted them to Kew, one of many botanical gardens that served as a center for medical and colonial botany.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 13, 2018
One of these patients took besides twenty grains of Peruvian bark for several weeks.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
The settlers, ignorant of the use of Peruvian bark and other remedies, were powerless to resist the progress of the epidemic.
From Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker
It will be adviseable to exhibit such remedies as, Peruvian bark; sarsaparilla; elm bark; mineral acids.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
Milk, the whites of eggs, strong tea, or tincture of Peruvian bark, should be given.
From Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity by Louis Philippe McCarty
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