Ward's pill

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pill made with poisonous ingredients to induce a violent reaction, claimed to cure any illness. historical
    — This is indeed a most excellent medicine, and, like Ward’s pill, flies at once to the particular part of the body on which you desire to operate, whether it be the tongue, the hand, or any other member, where it scarce ever fails of immediately producing the desired effect.

词形变化

Ward's pills plural

词源

After Joshua Ward (1685-1761), its inventor.
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