sanative

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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

He believed primarily in a sanative effluence, and his method seems to have been a combination of passes, suggestion, and a supposed "metallotherapy" or "magneto-therapy"—the celebrated baquet—which no doubt was merely a form of suggestion.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

We have paid considerable attention to the treatment of disease in this class of animals, and have generally found that must of their maladies will yield very readily to our sanative agents.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

Asses' milk, long celebrated for its sanative qualities, more closely resembles that of a woman than any other.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

Wherefore not eat snails? they are known to be nutritious and wholesome, and even sanative in some cases.

From Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches by Anonymous