sanatory

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The church-warden refused, very properly, but the brother's entreaties, the widow's tears, the tragedy itself, and other influences, extorted at last a reluctant consent, coupled with certain sanatory conditions.

From Put Yourself in His Place by Reade, Charles

In his absolute ignorance of all sanatory measures, he had thrown himself on his knees to pray; and if prayers—true prayers—might succour his poor wife, of such succour she might be confident.

From Framley Parsonage by Trollope, Anthony

For this sanatory measure, however, Dorothea, who had recovered consciousness, seemed to entertain an unaccountable repugnance.

From M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." by Whyte-Melville, G.J.

A sanatory line of troops, stationed on our frontier to preserve France from the contagion of the yellow-fever which had broken out in Catalonia, soon grew into an army of observation.

From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by Cole, John William

The great majority had been confined there as hospital patients, not as offenders against the law, and they were divided into wards, according to their sanatory condition.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various