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panpharmacon, pam- rare.|pænˈfɑːməkən, pæm-|
[f. pan- all + Gr. ϕάρµακον drug; cf. Gr. παµϕάρµακος adj. ‘skilled in all drugs’.]
A remedy against all diseases and poisons, a universal remedy, a panacea.
1661Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Panpharmacon (Gr.), a medicine for all diseases. 1694Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 575/2 It is used by some as Panpharmacon, but what Diseases it will absolutely cure I think is scarcely determin'd. 1700T. Brown Amusem. Ser. & Com. 95 The Outsides of their Pots were Gilded with the Titles of Preservatives, Cordials and Panpharmacons. 1731Bailey, Pampharmacon. [So 1775 Ash.] 1845Ford Handbk. Spain i. 193 The divine Isaac Barrow resorted to this panpharmacon whenever he wished to collect his thoughts. |