CURA
\kjˈʊ͡əɹə], \kjˈʊəɹə], \k_j_ˈʊə_ɹ_ə]\
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Curatio, Merimna, Merimne. Attention to, or treatment or cure of, a disease. Keuchen defines Cura, medicine, and Curator,the physician. Curatio, also, sometimes means purification; as, Adepa suillus curratus. - Scribonius Largus.
By Robley Dunglison
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