HYGIENE IN ITS RELATIONS TO THERAPEUSIS

ISBN: 9781397313034 Géneros: VFD Sinópsis: Excerpt from Hygiene in Its Relations to Therapeusis A Paper Read Before the N Y Medical Journal Association June 25th 1869Mythology gives us two legends touching the genealogy of Hygeia According to one account she was the daughter of Esculapius and may rea sonably be supposed to have aided her father in the healing art the other fable as told by Plutarch relates that while the vestibule of the Athenian cita del was building under Pericles one of the most skilful workmen fell down from the top to the bot tom and was so severely bruised that his life was despaired otbv the physicians Minerva however who was personally interested in the completion of the structure informed Pericles in a dream ota remedy which speedily restored the patient and in memory of this cure he placed near the altar a bra zen statue of the goddess conferring upon her the name of Hygeia or the Minerva of HealthAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works