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The term “remedial” in literature has been employed in diverse contexts, ranging from the literal treatment of disease to broader social, political, and moral reforms. In some works, it denotes agents or measures that correct or cure, as seen in discussions of effective medical treatments and manual therapies [1, 2]. In other texts, “remedial” characterizes preventive or corrective measures in governmental or societal systems, such as laws enacted to address social discontent or to reform political institutions [3, 4, 5]. Additionally, authors have used the term metaphorically to describe an underlying force capable of transforming facts or moral attitudes, implying that while such a force may not be immediately apparent, it holds intrinsic power for reform and improvement [6, 7]. The multifaceted usage of “remedial,” from practical applications in health and law to more abstract, philosophical applications in ethics and transformation, illustrates its adaptability and richness in literary discourse.
  1. As to the treatment of disease, there were believed to be a few remedial agents of universal efficacy.
    — from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross
  2. Medical science, then, is divided into the pharmaceutical, the manual, the dietetic, the diagnostic, and the remedial.
    — from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius
  3. Against such tendencies, in the absence of suburban outlets for the crowding masses, all remedial measures must prove more or less ineffective.
    — from How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. Riis
  4. Every good political institution must have a preventive operation as well as a remedial.
    — from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
  5. Hence arose much discontent among the plebeians, and various remedial laws were passed with more or less success.
    — from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various
  6. But the sure years reveal the deep remedial force that underlies all facts.
    — from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  7. So a pessimistic and merely remedial morality may accomplish reforms which reason, with its broader and milder suasion, might have failed in.
    — from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

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