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
It is the universal remedy, for it goes direct to the universal epidemic.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Maclaren, Alexander
Her universal remedy was a large house-spider alive, and enveloped in treacle or preserve.
From Notes and Queries, Number 47, September 21, 1850 by Various
Harmony was esteemed the panacea, or universal remedy, in mental and even bodily affections; in the tones of the lute were found medical recipes in almost all diseases.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various
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)
