Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
HIPPOCRATES
Hippocrates
(noun) medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Hip*poc"ra*tes, n.
Definition: A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C. Hippocrates' sleeve, a conical strainer, made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth, esp. flannel of linen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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