Word: jalap
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...generally considered the most eminent physician in the U.S. The "cure" he hit upon came from a clue in a manuscript on yellow fever written half a century before by a part-time physician and mapmaker. Rush's cure consisted simply of massive mercury (i.e., calomel) and jalap purges and copious bloodletting. When he tried it on a hopeless case and saw his patient recover, he used it on others, soon broadcast to the world that the yellow fever was licked...
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