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sanatory

[san-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈsæn əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /




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This cavity was laid open by extracting the tooth; and when the remedy was applied, the sanatory effect was surprisingly prompt.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache

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 Anthony Trollope

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

It is also possible that policy dictated these sanatory enactments.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

“I went to Pettitt’s—the little perfumer, you know, that Julius did so much for at the fire; and there she was, leaning on the counter, haranguing him confidentially upon setting an example with sanatory measures.”

From The Three Brides by Charlotte Mary Yonge




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