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
Bitter vegetables, as the Peruvian bark, quilted between two shirts, or strewed in their beds, will cure the ague in children sometimes.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Towards the middle of the last century a French chemist, the Count de la Garaye, noticed a crystalline substance deposited from the extract of Peruvian bark, then, as now, used in medicine.
From Coal and What We Get from It by Meldola, Raphael
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 Bache, Franklin
No, no; Peruvian bark, that they make quinine of.
From Real Gold A Story of Adventure by Fenn, George Manville
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