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Salisbury's cure

Salisbury's cure proper noun: a treatment for inebriety and digestive disorders, involving the slow sipping of water before meals and bedtime, and a diet based on bread and Salisbury steak.

Proper noun

Salisbury's cure

  1. (obsolete) A treatment for inebriety and digestive disorders, involving the slow sipping of water before meals and bedtime, and a diet based on bread and Salisbury steak.

Origin of Salisbury's cure

Named after American physician James H. Salisbury (1823–1905).

Questions about Salisbury's cure

What does Salisbury's cure mean?
Salisbury's cure means a treatment for inebriety and digestive disorders, involving the slow sipping of water before meals and bedtime, and a diet based on bread and Salisbury steak.
What part of speech is Salisbury's cure?
Salisbury's cure is a proper noun.

Words near Salisbury's cure in the dictionary

  1. Salisbury Plain
  2. Salisbury Plains
  3. Salisbury steak
  4. Salisbury steaks
  5. Salisbury West
  6. Salisbury's cure
  7. Salish
  8. Salish Sea
  9. Salish Wool Dog
  10. Salish Wool Dogs
  11. Salishan

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