Peruvian bark

noun

1. cinchona ( def 2 ).

Peruvian bark

noun

1. another name for cinchona

Word History and Origins

Origin of Peruvian bark¹

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

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

The family doctor, David Hosack, employed an unorthodox treatment of hot baths of Peruvian bark and alcohol and saved the boy's life.

From Scientific American

“They promised to send Peruvian bark. It may save her yet.”

From Literature

Milk, the whites of eggs, strong tea, or tincture of Peruvian bark, should be given.

From Project Gutenberg

Their Peruvian bark, quinine, and calomel, immense quantities of which are used without any definite knowledge of their modus operandi, fail in a great majority of cases.

From Project Gutenberg