tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912529977982751506.post2152321398824893225..comments2024-03-28T16:04:17.263+00:00Comments on ORNAMENTAL PASSIONS: Southwark Health Centre, Walworth Road SE1Chris Partridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912529977982751506.post-91865861275530363552008-08-25T22:31:00.000+01:002008-08-25T22:31:00.000+01:00Thanks for that, Anon. You may well be right - I p...Thanks for that, Anon. You may well be right - I put the word salus into Wikipedia and was redirected to the entry for Hygeia, daughter of Asclepius and who is usually portrayed with a snake. I just noticed that 'right wing' writers seem to render the tag as 'welfare' and 'left wing' writers as 'health'. Perhaps they are both just looking for a snappy slogan...Chris Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912529977982751506.post-79343293896154640542008-08-25T18:58:00.000+01:002008-08-25T18:58:00.000+01:00It's years since I studied Latin at school, but I ...It's years since I studied Latin at school, but I think "health" is OK as a translation for "salus". Isn't "welfare" more likely to have been "felicitas" or "sospitas"?<BR/>I notice that the Vatican now has a "Department of Health and Welfare", which must have a name in Latin, so clearly the distinction between the two can be made in Latin (nowadays, if not, perhaps, when the Romans were around). The trouble is that I can't find the Latin name of this department. Oh well.<BR/>Thanks anyway for the blog, which is a great source of nostalgia for an ex-Londoner living inthe wilds of Canada ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com