throw in the bark
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英文释义
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To administer quinine.
— The physician dined that day at Mr Allworthy's; and having after dinner visited his patient, he returned to the company, and told them, that he had now the satisfaction to say, with assurance, that his patient was out of all danger: that he had brought his fever to a perfect intermission, and doubted not by throwing in the bark to prevent its return.
词源
From the fact that the bark of the cinchona tree is used to make the medicine quinine.
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