Medical symbolism in connection with historical studies in the arts of healing and hygiene (1891)
Sozinskey, Thomas S., 1852?-1889 · Philadelphia, London, F.A. Davis · leaf 141
^, encircling thealtar of the goddess, with the head extending over it.*In Teutonic mythology, the white lady with the snake was associated with medicinal springs. According to the mythological record, Hygeia^ wasthe daughter of the god of medicine, ^sculapiiis. Of … * Animal KinKdom, vol. ix, p. 309. » See Tookes Pantheon, p. 296.» See Grimms Teutonic Mythology (translation), pp. 588,1150. Eygeia^ the Goddess of Health. 127 her personal history one might almost say that it is ablank. Numerous representations of Hygeia were to befound in Greece, and later in…
Symbolism in medicine
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