Wordphiliac
FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE WORDS

etymology

It’s that time of the year, when it’s almost unavoidable to catch some sort of virus. If you’ve found yourself under the weather I’m sure you’ve tried to recall the advice “feed a cold, starve a fever”. People have been following this bit of advice that is accredited to Greek physician Hippocrates, “the father of medicine”, for many centuries. Unfortunately there is no scientific evidence to support this.