\San"a*to*ry\, a. [LL. sanatorius, fr. L. sanare to
heal. See {Sanable}.]
Conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative;
sanative.
      Sanatory ordinances for the protection of public
      health, such as quarantine, fever hospitals, draining,
      etc.                                     --De Quincey.
Note: Sanatory and sanitary should not be confounded.
      Sanatory signifies conducive to health, while sanitary
      has the more general meaning of pertaining to health.