Meaning of fever bark in English:
fever bark
noun
historical(Originally) cinchona bark (also called Jesuits' bark, Peruvian bark); (in later use also) any of several other kinds of bark used for the treatment of fevers; (occasionally also) a tree providing such a bark.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Mercurius Politicus.
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