Lexicon:Ipecacuanha (Maturin's Medicine)

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Term: ipecacuanha
References: Blue at the Mizzen, page 89
Meaning: A drug prepared from the dried roots of a South American shrub, used as a purgative and emetic. Now known as ipecac.

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See also, Lexicon:Ipecacuanha (Guide for the Perplexed).

Additional information


Maturin's Medicine — This article is based on information from Maturin's Medicine, compiled and edited by Kerry Webb, with the help of a number of contributors.

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