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
The man kept his gravity, and did reverence to the poor doll, while I burned with indignation at being imposed upon by a counterfeit "universal remedy for all diseases."
From Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited by Wilson, Robert A.
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)
Beginnin’, ‘At last the universal remedy of Biblical times.’
From Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys by Duncan, Norman
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
