1. Terminological history
Hygíeia (or Hygeía, Latin Salus) in Greek mythology was the daughter of Asclepius and the goddess of health. The word “hygiene” derives from her name. During the early modern period, the sense of the term hygíeia expanded. Zedler’s Universallexikon defines it as “health, good condition of the body, consisting in a good temperament (mixture of humors), evident from th…