Template:Did you know nominations/Feed a cold, starve a fever
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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 08:06, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
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Feed a cold, starve a fever
- ... that the old adage "feed a cold, starve a fever" was first published in a 1574 dictionary? Source: The first documented use of the adage was in John Withals 1574 book, A shorte dictionarie most profitable for yong beginners. In the book Withals includes the phrase, "Fasting is a great remedie of feuer"
- ALT1: ... that in 2002 Dutch researchers studied the adage "feed a cold, starve a fever" and determined that certain foods can stimulate an immune system response in patients? Source: Certain foods could be given to critically ill patients to stimulate the right immune response
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Otto Hantke
Created by Bruxton (talk). Self-nominated at 23:40, 5 February 2023 (UTC). Note: As of October 2022, all changes made to promoted hooks will be logged by a bot. The log for this nomination can be found at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Feed a cold, starve a fever, so please watch a successfully closed nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.
Article is new enough from time of nomination, long enough, neutral. QPQ done. We will need a secondary source for the 1574 dictionary being the earliest attestation of (a form of) the phrase; we cannot cite the dictionary itself. DigitalIceAge (talk)
- @DigitalIceAge: I am not sure what I can do about that. This is where the research about the phrase led. If anyone can find that the phrase was printed somewhere else first we can change the article. Is it possible to use the other hook? Bruxton (talk) 03:51, 16 February 2023 (UTC) Did not work. @DigitalIceAge: Bruxton (talk) 04:36, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Bruxton: I found this article in Smithsonian Magazine and another in the Chicago Reader that both accept John Withals as the earliest publisher of the adage. If you add those to the article, I can approve ALT0. DigitalIceAge (talk) 04:54, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- @DigitalIceAge: thanks so much for that! I added both. Bruxton (talk) 05:08, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
No prob. Approve both hooks, preference for ALT0. DigitalIceAge (talk) 05:50, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- @DigitalIceAge: thanks so much for that! I added both. Bruxton (talk) 05:08, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Bruxton: I found this article in Smithsonian Magazine and another in the Chicago Reader that both accept John Withals as the earliest publisher of the adage. If you add those to the article, I can approve ALT0. DigitalIceAge (talk) 04:54, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- @DigitalIceAge: I am not sure what I can do about that. This is where the research about the phrase led. If anyone can find that the phrase was printed somewhere else first we can change the article. Is it possible to use the other hook? Bruxton (talk) 03:51, 16 February 2023 (UTC) Did not work. @DigitalIceAge: Bruxton (talk) 04:36, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
