universal remedy

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The public must not expect cancer research to disclose the secret of the cause of cancer, nor to provide a universal remedy for advanced cancer.

From Time Magazine Archive

As there are here no doctors or medicines, conveniences or cleanliness for the cure of Spaniards, it is a usual practice and universal remedy for all to go to the hospital whenever ill.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55 1591-1593 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander

In addition, Dr. Punch begs to offer a piece of advice gratis to all persons in possession of his universal remedy, price 3d., 4d. stamped, to counterfeit which is piracy.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 13, 1872 by Various

Work," he said, "is the panacea for every sorrow--the plaster for every pain--your only universal remedy.

From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford

This appears to be the best thing that can be done at the present time; perhaps sagacious minds will yet discover a universal remedy for this mammoth evil.

From The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)