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Hygieia (Greek deity)

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  • A young woman as Hygieia (Health). Stipple engraving by C. Taylor, 1789, after S. Shelley.
  • Louis Pasteur, with two dogs (referring to his work on rabies), a palm and a snake around a bowl (indicating achievement in hygiene). Chromolithograph.
  • Bad Kreuth, Bavaria: the healing spring, and monument to King Maximilian I of Bavaria. Lithograph by F. Lacroix, 1828, after C. Heinzmann after J.-B. Métivier.
  • Edward Jenner's surname made out of letters representing Aesculapius sending Hygieia to the four continents to disseminate Jenner's discovery of vaccination against smallpox. Watercolour by Miss Paytherus.
  • A prize medal of the Medical Society of London; on the front is Queen Charlotte and on reverse is Hygieia with a serpent. Engraving by R.G. Reeve.
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    A prize medal of the Medical Society of London; on the front is Queen Charlotte and on reverse is Hygieia with a serpent. Engraving by R.G. Reeve.

    | Reference: 21638i
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    A woman personifying Flanders gladly receives Ferdinand of Spain as he enters the country on horseback. Etching by T. van Thulden after Sir P.P. Rubens.

    Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. | Date: 1630-1639 | Reference: 2853533i
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    Cultul lui Esculap şi al Higiei (cu specială privire la Dacia Superioară) / de Nicolae Igna.

    Igna, Nicolae. | Date: 1935
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    An anatomical dissection by Jean Riolan the younger (1580-1657). Engraving by Crispijn de Passe, 1626.

    Passe, Crispijn van de, -1670. | Date: [1626] | Reference: 588752i
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    Edward Jenner's surname made out of letters representing Aesculapius sending Hygieia to the four continents to disseminate Jenner's discovery of vaccination against smallpox. Watercolour by Miss Paytherus.

    Paytherus, Miss. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 562352i
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