Definition of "weapon-salve" [weapon-salve]

• A salve which was supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Baptista Porta (1543-1615), one of the originators of the weapon-salve, had also great faith in the magnet."
• "The weapon-salve continued to be much spoken of on the Continent, and"
• "And about the year 1625, Dr. Robert Fludd, an English physician of learning and repute, introduced the famous "weapon-salve," which became immensely popular."