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
Cantharides blister is his universal remedy for everything.
From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jones, Jenkins Lloyd
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
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
It is not a mere direction, it is a formula; it is not a formula only, but a universal remedy.
From Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory by Symons, Arthur
