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Definition of Restoratives
1. restorative [n] - See also: restorative
Lexicographical Neighbors of Restoratives
Literary usage of Restoratives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of materia medica, therapeutics and pharmacology by George Frank Butler (1908)
"restoratives AND ALTERATIVES. THESE old terms of the Materia Medica are here
retained for purposes of convenience. By them is meant that certain substances ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"... of "Rochester Tonic," "Vegetable Bitters," "Malt Nu- trines," and numberless
other pretended health restoratives; and such alleged restoratives which ..."
3. Modern Dental Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Including the by John Peter Buckley (1910)
"ALTERATIVES AND restoratives. Alteratives are agents which promote metabolic ...
They are closely related to restoratives in that both classes promote the ..."
4. Dr. Chase's Recipes: Or, Information for Everybody. An Invaluable Collection by Alvin Wood Chase (1860)
"It is harmless and will do all that is claimed for it, and will not cost only a
trifle in comparison to the advertised restoratives of the day, ..."
5. The Jonson Allusion-Book: A Collection of Allusions to Ben Jonson from 1597-1700 by Jesse Franklin Bradley, Joseph Quincy Adams (1922)
"... the onely blossoms for the brain, the restoratives for the wit, the (1 Sic)
bathing for the wine muses, but none of these are now able either to warme ..."
6. Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to English Practice by Jeremy Bentham (1827)
"OF THE restoratives FOR COMPETENCY, DEVISED BY ENGLISH LAWYERS. IF, directed to
no other end than the avoidance of deception, exclusion of evidence is bad ..."
7. The Sanitary Commission of the United States Army: A Succinct Narrative of by United States Sanitary Commission (1864)
"The more money it commands, the more hospital] supplies, restoratives, and
beneficent material of every kind, it can apply to the relief of the army. ..."
8. A Compend of Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Prescription Writing: With by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1906)
"... restoratives. This division of the Materia Medica includes all agents which
in any way promote the constructive metamorphosis of tissue,—such as the ..."
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