{"id":828,"date":"2022-02-22T01:54:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T01:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=828"},"modified":"2022-02-25T06:04:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T06:04:55","slug":"the-bowl-of-hygeia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/the-bowl-of-hygeia\/","title":{"rendered":"The bowl of Hygeia\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bowl-of-hygeia-Roman-Symbols.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bowl-of-hygeia-Roman-Symbols.webp 300w, https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bowl-of-hygeia-Roman-Symbols-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;Bowl of Hygeia&#8221; sign is the most well-known international pharmacy symbol. Hygeia was the daughter and assistant of Aesculapius (also written Asklepios), the God of Medicine and Healing, according to Greek mythology. A bowl containing a therapeutic potion with the serpent of Wisdom (or guardianship) participating in it was Hygeia&#8217;s traditional symbol. This is the same serpent of Wisdom that appears on the caduceus, Aesculapius&#8217; staff, which is the medical sign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Bowl of Hygeia&#8221; sign is the most well-known international pharmacy symbol. Hygeia was the daughter and assistant of Aesculapius (also written Asklepios), the God of Medicine and Healing, according to Greek mythology. A bowl containing a therapeutic potion with the serpent of Wisdom (or guardianship) participating in it was Hygeia&#8217;s traditional symbol. This is &#8230; <a title=\"The bowl of Hygeia\u00a0\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/the-bowl-of-hygeia\/\" aria-label=\"More on The bowl of Hygeia\u00a0\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3418,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions\/3418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}