Brewer's: Catholicon

A panace'a. (Greek, katholicon iama, a universal remedy.)

Meanwhile, permit me to recommend, As the matter admits of no delay, My wonderful catholicon.

Longfellow: The Golden Legend, i.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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