Health

health

Extent of continuing physical, emotional, mental, and social ability to cope with one's environment. Good health is harder to define than bad health (which can be equated with presence of disease) because it must convey a more positive concept than mere absence of disease, and there is a variable area between health and disease. A person may be in good physical condition but have a cold or be mentally ill. Someone may appear healthy but have a serious condition (e.g., cancer) that is detectable only by physical examination or diagnostic tests or not even by these.

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Health

agate

symbolizes health; supposed to relieve snake and scorpion bites. [Class. and Medieval Legend: Leach, 27]

Asclepius’ cup

symbolizes well-being. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 397]

Carna

goddess of physical fitness. [Rom. Myth.: Leach, 192]

Damia

goddess of health. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 409]

Hygeia

goddess of health; daughter and personification of Asclepius. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 123]

Hygeia’s cup

symbol of fertility and fitness. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 396–397]