The advice is literally centuries old: Feed a cold and starve a fever.
The adage comes from a 1574 dictionary by English writer John Withals, who wrote, “fasting is a great remedy of fever.” That is in keeping with the standard…

The advice is literally centuries old: Feed a cold and starve a fever.
The adage comes from a 1574 dictionary by English writer John Withals, who wrote, “fasting is a great remedy of fever.” That is in keeping with the standard…