Eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health.
— Hippocrates Ancient

Father of medicine

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Regimen, Book II

Date / Period

c. 400 BC

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32689/32689-h/32689-h.htm

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