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
Our precious universal remedy, prayer, was now again resorted to.
From A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part by Müller, George
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
The ginseng, which they pretended was a universal remedy, is found to be a root of no singular virtue.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
