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universal remedy

noun as in cure-all

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An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc.

All this he omitted; from the very simple cause, that true love never makes men fools, but rather is the universal remedy for healing sick minds of their foolishness, for laying gentle fetters on extravagance, and guiding youthful giddiness from the broad way of ruin to the narrow path of reason; for the rake whom love will not recover is lost irrecoverably.

Panpharmacon, pan-far′ma-kon, n. a universal remedy.

In addition, Dr. Punch begs to offer a piece of advice gratis to all persons in possession of his universal remedy, price 3d., 4d. stamped, to counterfeit which is piracy.

The prayers of the priests are regarded as a universal remedy for all evils.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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