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Salves for "curing" cancer of the breast have long been among the most infamous of quack nostrums.

From Time Magazine Archive

After this Operation was performed, she applied some of the healing Salves which the Black had brought her, by the help of which she made a perfect Cure of that dangerous Wound.

From The Female Soldier Or, the Surprising Life and Adventures of Hannah Snell by Anonymous

"Come to think of it, I understand that he was going to accompany the Countess of Salves to some ceremony at Notre Dame."

From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II by Lermina, Jules

You are aware that I consented to speak to my cousin the Comtesse of Salves in relation to the marriage of her daughter with your son.

From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II by Lermina, Jules

And under the yellow rays of the lamp two more women were seen—Irène de Salves and Francine.

From The Son of Monte-Cristo by Lermina, Jules