vulnerary

Example Sentences

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The urine of unborn babies is an excellent vulnerary.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are recommended as vulnerary medicines, and in all cases where mild astringents or corroborants are proper.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

It was formerly applied to raw indolent ulcers as a glutinous astringent, and most useful vulnerary.

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

As to its virtues, practitioners do not now expect any considerable ones from it, and pay very little regard to the vulnerary qualities which it was formerly celebrated for.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

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.