catholicons

It is the general knowledge of the existence of this sentiment which has called into being the present epidemic of curious cults and catholicons -- due, it would appear, more to this insidious temptation to such _commercial enterprise_ than to any other cause -- and which form so prominent a feature throughout all sections of the community -- and especially in the press -- throughout the length and breadth of the land.

Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration Louis Dechmann

Strange that all these catholicons for earthly ills propose to inaugurate the millennium by improving the pecuniary condition of the people -- as though the want of money in this or the other pocket were the only evil.

The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 12 1919