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Vulnerary

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Vúlnerary. adj. [vulneraire, Fr. vulnerarius, Lat.] Useful in the cure of wounds.

Try whether the same effect will not ensue, by common vulnerary plaisters. Brown's Vulgar Errours.

I kept the orifice open, and prescribed him vulneraries. Wiseman's Surgery.

Sources: Browne, Thomas (204) · Wiseman, Richard (68)

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