sanative

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Let him eschew such hyper-erudite monstrosities—let him stick to the 'recital' of sane and sanative music, and he will attain a reputation above all contemporary musical mono-facturers—and what is more, deserve it.'

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James

And there is, too, a sanative quality in that feeling.

From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various

Near the same spot is St. Agnes' Well, of which many miraculous stories are in circulation, from its presumed holy and sanative properties.

From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell

Smeared with that sanative soil, he might have been born again—no more a leper.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various

Hence we must aid the vital power to maintain her empire and resist the encroachments on her sanative operations by the use of antiseptics and stimulants.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George