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A panaceʹa. (Greek, katholicon iāma, a universal remedy.)
“Meanwhile, permit me to recommend,
As the matter admits of no delay,
My wonderful catholicon.”
Longfellow: The Golden Legend. i.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.