The use of this excellent plant soon became general; and in some places the belief of the preservative power of the vejuco juice was carried so far that men in good health were inoculated with it.
The mummies collected in the museum of Lima present not the slightest trace of this powder, or indeed of any kind of preservative material--a fact which is mentioned by the director of that establishment, Don E.
In later times midwives sold the caul at enormous prices to advocates, "as an especial means of making them eloquent," and to seamen as "an infallible preservative against drowning.
Paracelsus recommended it to be worn around the necks of infants as an admirable preservative against fits, charms and poison.
In some parts of England it is believed that carrying suspended round the neck a molar-tooth taken from some grave in the church-yard, is a preservative against toothache.
One of the superstitions that still clings to seafaring life, is the confidence in the virtues of a child's caul, as a preservative against drowning.
The time, however, that has as yet elapsed is scarcely sufficient to test the comparative preservative power of this as compared with vaccination from the human subject.
The syndic, like a careful man, drew a packet of fine French letters from his pocket, and delivered a long eulogium on this admirable preservative from an accident which might give rise to a terrible and fruitless repentance.
Well, after reflection, this danger disappeared and even assumed an opposite character--that of a preservative against emotions which I no longer wished to know.
It was also regarded in Scotland as a preservative against witchcraft; and eyes bathed in it were rendered for life incapable of seeing ghosts.
Were there a truth herein, it were the bestpreservative for princes and persons exalted to such fears, and surely far better than divers now in use.
Among the charms still in use as a preservative against nightmare may be mentioned a stone with a natural hole in it hung over the sleeper, or a knife laid under the foot of the bedstead, both being considered of equal efficacy.
It is their preservative instinct which teaches them to be flighty, lightsome, and false.
In health the small amount of preservative used in certain canned and bottled foods would probably have little if any effect on the individual, but in sickness this is not always the case.
There will be a deposit of copper salts (like copper plating) upon the steel if the preservative is present in the can.
Some harmlesspreservative such as chloroform should be added to assure its keeping.
I look on the potatoe as a greatpreservative against famine; nothing, however, seems to me so pre-eminently fade.
This is the surest provision for the national welfare, and it is at the same time the best preservative of the principles on which our institutions rest.
As a preservative against insects and fungi, for steeping seed-wheat.
March, 1850, the absence of arsenic and other preservative substances in the corpse proved that it had not been a subject for dissection.
Insight, as we have seen, though here classed with preservative cognition, occupies a kind of border-land between immediate knowledge or intuition and inference, shading off from the one to the other.
In the early stages of the disease, the patient partly distinguishes his representative from his preservative sounds.
Of late soluble glass has been used with good effect as a preservative coating for stones, a fire-proofing solution for wood and textile fabrics.
At all events, let yourpreservative stand while you filter your emulsion.
I shall in this Place recommend another great Preservative of Health, which in many Cases produces the same Effects as Exercise, and may, in some measure, supply its Place, where Opportunities of Exercise are wanting.
The Preservative I am speaking of is Temperance, which has those particular Advantages above all other Means of Health, that it may be practised by all Ranks and Conditions, at any Season or in any Place.
Certain soils appear to possess a preservative quality, without any apparent preparation having been made use of.
The use of benzoic acid (benzoate of soda) as a food preservativeillustrates several phases of the controversy.
It must not be forgotten that all such substances owe their preservative or antiseptic power to the poisonous effect they have upon bacterial protoplasm.
One fact persistently comes to the front in any comprehensive study of the food-preservative question, namely, the need of further experiment and observation.
It is a common custom in India, when real work has to be done, to throw aside the steel scabbards and replace them with wooden ones, which have the double advantage of being noiseless and a preservative to the edge of the sword.
C] The onlypreservative needed is a diluted wash of arsenical soap inside the pill boxes, which, as in all other cases when soap is used, must be well dried afterwards before the boxes are filled.
Proverbs Chapter 7 The love of wisdom is the best preservative from being led astray by temptation.
Baruch Chapter 6 The epistle of Jeremias to the captives, as a preservative against idolatry.
The very coarse thick brown paper made of old ropes is far better; as the tar remaining about it partakes somewhat of the qualities of turpentine, and is therefore a preservative to colours.
This report also gives the following suggestion for a preservative finish to be used on leather bindings: "Boil eight parts of stearic acid and one part of caustic soda in fifty parts of water, until dissolved.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "preservative" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: backward; conservative; keeping; preservative; protective; salt; saving; unprogressive; vinegar
