"Alterative" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... first step in a moral advance which finally won the day. In this whole matter the first ethical instruction may well be based upon the idea of self-preservation—after all the backbone of much of our morals. When it comes to specific details of treatment these must be educational, alterative, and constructive. In Cases 1 and 3 under treatment we know that when the lying was discovered or suspected the individual was at once checked up and made to go over the ground and state the real facts. The pathological liar ordinarily reacts ...
— Pathology of Lying, Etc. • William and Mary Healy
... combined with decoction of sarsaparilla. Alterative does of calomel and antimonials, ...
— North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 • Various
... snuff and not be any greater fool than nature had made him. He took my snuff and sneezed for ten minutes. I think it helped him. One can neither grieve nor reason when one is sneezing. It is what Dr. Rush calls a moral alterative. Whenever the man fell to lamenting, I gave him more snuff. I think it helped him. And so the baa-lambs of Meeting have disowned their two black sheep. Well, well! I have better news for you. Mr. Carroll was here just now, with his charming ...
— Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker • S. Weir Mitchell |
