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Medical symbolism in connection with historical studies in the arts of healing and hygiene

Note 433 — Chapter XIV · HYGEIA, THE GODDESS OF HEALTH.

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The wife of Hea, the queen of the gods, Davkina, was a health goddess. In an inscription Marduk is sent to a dying man, and it is further said:—

“Sprinkle holy water over him. He shall hear the voice of Hea. Davkina shall protect him; And Marduk, eldest son of Heaven, shall find him a happy habitation.”

See Records of the Past, vol. iii, p. 142. She was invoked by women in labor.

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