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:: The Blessings of Hygeia

"I swear by Apollo the physician, and Asklepios, and Hygeia, and Panakeia, and all the gods and goddesses, that, according to my ability and judgment, I will keep this Oath and this stipulation ... " - Hippocrates, The Hippocratic Oath

To my long time friends, Phil in Redondo Beach and Josh in Palo Alto, the healing powers of Hygeia. And for these children of the 80s, some music to go along with it. Phil, here is Aha! in a song that always makes me smile, and for Josh, it's got to be the Beach Boys.



Hygeia,in this brilliant painting by Klimt, is a goddess of healing and continued good health. She came to be associated with the moon and is most often seen at the side of her father the physician Asklepios.

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