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guaiac
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guaiac [′gwī‚ak]
(materials)
A resin obtained from the treesGuaiacum santumandG. officinale;soluble in alcohol, ether, and chloroform; used in medicine and varnish.


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Saxena, a plant physiologist at the University of Guelph in Ontario, is working with Costa Rican scientists to find a trick for culturing their native Guaiacum sanctum.
Thus there was a relatively high incidence of well-to-do patients among the hospital's clientele in the years when guaiacum (or Holy Wood, widely regarded as a panacea for mal francese) was administered.
And how could learned medicine account for the fact that two of the most popular remedies, guaiacum wood imported from the New World and mercury salves, originated among unschooled empirics?
 
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