Warburg's tincture

noun

: a liquid preparation containing quinine, aloes, rhubarb, angelica seed, elecampane, saffron, fennel, and other ingredients formerly used as an antiperiodic and invented by Dr. Carl Warburg

Word History

Etymology

after Carl Warburg 19th century Austrian physician

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