therapeutical, a. [F. thérapeutique, Gr. , from attendant, servant, to serve, take care of, treat medically, attendant, servant.].
Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative.
Sir T. Browne. [
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"Medicine is justly distributed into “prophylactic,” or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it."
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