NOVEL II BY ELISA Ghino di Tacco makes the abbot of Cligni prisoner, andcures him of a stomach disease; then he gives him his liberty.
It is said that the fingers preserve their healing power for a great length of time, even a whole year, and in proof of these assertions Ranieri Gerbi speaks of no less than six hundred cures performed!
In Chapter XXXIV of Book XXXVI it is said that the decoction of gagates[154] in wine cures the diseases of the teeth; and in Chapter XLII of the same book are praised the dentifrice powders made of pumice stone.
Borelli related several curesof headache and toothache by the use of the magnet.
The seed of the same plantcures inflammations and abscesses of the gums.
Elsewhere he says that “sometimes worms are produced in carious teeth; to kill them a drop of oil of vitriol is an excellent remedy; and this at the same time cures the decay of the tooth and takes away the sensibility of the nerve.
A decoction of swallows in wine sweetened with honey cures ulcers of the tongue and lips.
At the same time they show the great similarity which exists between these ancient magic cures and the sympathetic curesof our people at the present day.
Furthermore, the belief in magic cures was not more prevalent among the ancient professors of medicine than among the laity, and even the most prominent practitioners were not able to emancipate themselves from this belief.
Whereupon he was advised to pass one night sleeping in St. Andrew's Church, at Pateras, for St. Andrew had performed many miraculous cures in this place.
But now such agencies are no longer ascribed to magic or sorcery, but they are called "cures by means of sympathy.
He had no personal interest in this revolt against conscription, nor was it likely that the cause of the cures concerned him greatly.
Most of the articles of her indictment are for cures performed, nor is there any charge against her of exerting her powers for a malicious purpose.
Since 1872 the pilgrimages under sanction of the hierarchy have been on a scale of unexampled magnificence, and the cures in number and significance far excelling anything heard of before.
Surgeons were continually being called before the Court for “evil dealing” with their patients, and for not performing cures for which they had received the money beforehand.
Mr. Bartlett, a truss maker, having been summoned for practising Surgery, he was ordered “to take from his sign board that he cures Ruptures.
Especially when we are ill at ease; They are but bad pilots when the weather's rough, Doctors less famous for their cures than fees.
Especially when we are ill at ease; They're but bad pilots when the weather's rough, Doctors less famous for their curesthan fees.
Bristowe has seen no curesfrom either sudorifics, diuretics, or purgatives.
It is doubtless true that many of the so-called cures from the latter process subsequently die from contraction of the cicatrix at the site of the separation of the slough.
He "has seen cures occasionally from mercury, iodide and bromide of potash, copaiba, and a combination of fresh squills and crude mercury.
But in many cases it will be found that treatment directed against the dyspepsia cures the vertigo.
It is therefore a waste of time to attemptcures by medication.
It does not either gripe or purge, nor does it make the gums sore, but it cures the disease.
Finally, Hippocrates recognized the effects of emesis in relief of the disease with the remark in one of his aphorisms that a spontaneous vomiting cures dysentery.
There is no doubt that the continuity of the intestine above and below the neck of the invagination has been established, and complete cures effected in the way already mentioned.
The few observations in which, under the use of this agent, tumors, real or apparent, of the stomach have lessened in size or disappeared, admit of other interpretations than as cures of gastric cancer.
The proportion of curesin phosphorus-poisoning varies from one-fourth to one-half of the cases.
By some a cure at the beginning of the morbid deposits is regarded as possible, and examples of cures have been reported.
He sent for me in secret and bade me test the efficacy of the two miracle-cures on his snuff-box and on his nose.
The same author also says that the root of a rose-tree being applied, cures persons bit by Scorpions.
This insect, as he assures us, not only in the name he has given it, but also in an account of the many cures effected by it, is endowed with the singular property of curing the toothache.
But a kettle of scalding hot water injected, Infallibly cures the timber affected: The omen is broken, the danger is over, The maggot will die, and the sick will recover.
Taken in powder, it curesthe vari, or wandering gout, as we are assured by Wierus.
Zoroaster says that lettuce-seed, being drunk with wine, cures persons bit by Scorpions.
Whenever I speak of this man's potency to my confrères they smile with a superior air or serve up to me the specious arguments which they have fabricated to explain the cures wrought by Christ and the Virgin.
That, of course, is against reason and contrary to all accepted ideas, but there is no getting around the fact that this priest cures patients whom we physicians have given up for lost.
When he had likewise furnished the information which they demanded about his cures of witch spells, Cardinal Guibert said, 'You had best go to La Trappe.
One of the most striking illustrations of this, and perhaps one of the most wonderful cures of cholera on record, was that of the New York Workhouse on Blackwell's Island.
There is," said one man, "a priest in our neighborhood who cures sore eyes; there is one who heals wounds and sets broken arms and legs.
Then the prince in company with a great leech went to the pharmacy, where one of the priests was preparing cures from plants, honey, olive oil, from the skins of serpents and lizards, from the bones and fat of beasts.
Since the appearance of uncheckable and epidemic disorders is less frequent and the percentage of cures is greater.
It cures no paine but breakes the braine, and raps out oathes and curses, And makes men part with heavie heart, but light it makes their purses.
The Good-fellowes resolution of strong Ale, That cureshis nose from looking pale.
Under Mesmer's pupil, the Marquis de Puysegur, the facts and methods relating to the magnetic sleep and magnetic cures were more carefully observed and more fully published.
He claimed that suggestion was the great factor and influence, both in bringing about the condition, and also in the mental phenomena observed, and the cures which were accomplished.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cures" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
