"Hygeia" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... bestowed divine honors upon Aesculapius, because he remedied the evils of mankind and healed the sick. The word hygiene is derived from Hygeia, the name of the Greek goddess of health. As male and female are made one in wedlock, so Medicine and Hygiene, restoration and ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce
... tables a twister! More powers? Ah, well, that might do, But increase my great "Responsibilities," give them Ratepayers a chance Of a calling me hover the coals! Won't this make my hold henemies dance? I never did like that HYGEIA, a pompous and nose-poking minx— A sort of a female Poll Pry, with a heye like an 'ork or a lynx; But the making me "Sanit'ry," too—oh, I know wot that means to a T. She's cock—or say, hen—of the walk, and her sanit'ry slave'll be Me! Oh, I fancy I see myself sweeping ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, September 5, 1891 • Various |
