vulnerary

Example Sentences

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The urine of unborn babies is an excellent vulnerary.

From Time Magazine Archive

By virtue of its properties as a vulnerary it has also been called Consolida; but the daisy is the true Consolida minor.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

The gum itself is esteemed a great vulnerary; and purges moderately those who are full of bilious, or gross humors.

From An Account of the Customs and Manners of the Micmakis and Maricheets Savage Nations, Now Dependent on the Government of Cape-Breton by Maillard, Antoine Simon

Many others may be made, of nearly the same Virtues, with all the vulnerary Herbs, and even with the Faltranc.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

He believed also in the vulnerary ointment, which could cure wounds, not by application to the wound itself but to the weapon.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.