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Galenical   Listen
adjective
Galenical, Galenic  adj.  Relating to Galen or to his principles and method of treating diseases.
Galenic pharmacy, that branch of pharmacy which relates to the preparation of medicines by infusion, decoction, etc., as distinguished from those which are chemically prepared.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Galenical" Quotes from Famous Books



... virtue in one heroic poem than in many tragedies. A man is humbled one day, and his pride returns the next. Chemical medicines are observed to relieve oftener than to cure; for it is the nature of spirits to make swift impressions, but not deep. Galenical decoctions, to which I may properly compare an epic poem, have more of body in them; they work by their ...
— Discourses on Satire and Epic Poetry • John Dryden



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