J. Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer"

remedy

rem·​e·​dy ˈre-mə-dē 
pluralremedies
Noun
1
a medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease
2
something that corrects or counteracts
3
the legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong

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