Panakeia

Panakeia ( ancient Greek Πανάκεια 'all healing' , Latinized Panacea ) is a daughter of Asklepios and Epione and the sister of Hygieia , Machaon and Podaleirios in Greek mythology . She was the personification of healing through medicinal plants .

According to her, panacea is a mythical universal remedy.

Panakeia's name is invoked right at the beginning of Hippocrates' oath :

"I swear by Apollon, the doctor, and Asklepios, Hygeia, Panakeia, and all the gods and goddesses calling as witnesses ..."

The asteroid of the outer main belt (2878) Panacea is named after the deity .

literature

Eduard Thraemer : Panakeia . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.1, Leipzig 1902, Sp. 1482-1491 ( digitized version ).
Wolfgang U. Eckart : History of medicine. 1990, pp. 36 and 49; 2nd edition 1994, pp. 36 and 49; 3rd edition 1998, pp. 45 and 59; 4th edition 2001, pp. 45 and 59; 5th edition 2005, pp. 6 and 17; 6th edition 2009, pp. 22 and 34; each Springer Verlag, Heidelberg / Berlin / New York.
Wolfgang U. Eckart : History, theory and ethics of medicine. 7th edition. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg / Berlin / New York 2013, p. 5. doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-642-34972-0

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