After testing the upper pool we were willing to believe that the temperature was even worse than that, and not being rheumatic we accepted the curative properties without question but without enthusiasm.
"Among the Canadian Alps"
Lawrence J. Burpee
Even if this amelioration does not develop fast, it is a check to the deterioration, and shows that curative forces are still there.
"The Letters of William James, Vol. II"
William James
Long ago I discovered that this demand for immediate physical sensation was a necessary corollary of doctoring, so I always give two medicines-one for its curative properties, and the other, bitter, sour, acid or anything disagreeable, for arousing and sustaining faith in my ability.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe