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
Bay salt and cummin seeds mixed together, is a universal remedy for the diseases of pigeons.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
His Christianity is something proud, and majestic, and divine,—a universal remedy for a universal disease,—not a skeleton of dead doctrine, or a bone of contention, or an obsolete word, but a living, healthy, beneficent power.
From The London Pulpit by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
Hot water used to be the universal remedy for all diseases at college.
From Lo, Michael! by Hill, Grace Livingston
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)
