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
AZOTH, the name given by the alchemists to mercury, and by Paracelsus to his universal remedy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
Becoming, however, infected with the delusions of alchemy, and being possessed of an ardent imagination, he inclined naturally to the study of occult science, and was infatuated with the idea of discovering a universal remedy.
From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Lawrence, Robert Means
It is an universal remedy against discord, an holy cement for mankind.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
Obviously the levee system, while useful everywhere and in some localities adequate, is not a universal remedy.
From The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado by Marshall, Logan
