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Hygieia
The family tree
  1. M Alcock
  1. Public Health Team, Government Office for the North West, 18th Floor Sunley Tower, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester M1 4BE, UK; Moya.Alcock@doh.gsi.gov.uk

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.57.6.394

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      In Greek mythology, Asklepios was the god of healing. He was the son of the Olympian god Apollo and a mortal woman named Koronis.

      According to some ancient sources, Apollo’s twin sister Artemis caught the pregnant Koronis having an affair with another man. Artemis punished the betrayal of her brother by killing Koronis. Apollo rescued the unborn child Koronis was carrying, but could not bear to look …

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