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Curative network set up to support wealthy Florentines (9)

Ross

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medicinal

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(Other definitions for medicinal that I've seen before include "of health-giving properties" , "Having healing properties" , "concerning drugs" , "analeptic" , "of a health-giving nature?" .)

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