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The adage dates to the time of Hippocrates when fever was not well understood. His idea was the fever was the disease, and starving the sick person would starve the disease. In 1574, John Withals published "Fasting is a great remedie of feuer" in a dictionary. The adage states that eating will help cure a cold; not eating will help cure a fever ...
Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
An adage is a short, but memorable saying, which holds some important fact of experience that is considered true by many people, or it has gained some credibility through its long use. Contents Top
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Somewhere along the way, it became a common myth that saltines and lemon-lime soda are the best things you can do for your stomach when you’re sick.
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Feed a cold, starve a fever; Z. Zinc and the common cold This page was last edited on 17 March 2024, at 08:12 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...