What does polychrestic mean?
Polychrestic means (obsolete, homeopathy) Able to be used in various ways..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete, homeopathy) Able to be used in various ways..
Next in order to these polychrestic medicines come the following […]
Theoretically, at least, sulphur and calcarea should precede any, as it were, organopathic prescription for cancer, and such are the multiform, polychrestic powers of these two drugs that a subkatabolic lesion of such import can hardly be imagined where these twain should not be successively indicated.
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Polychrestic means (obsolete, homeopathy) Able to be used in various ways..
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