WHAT DOES PANACEUM MEAN?
Panaceum is the name of the building at 233 Lester Avenue in Geraldton, Western Australia. The participants of Panaceum aim to provide clients with access to a wide range of health services in one convenient location. It's about looking after the whole patient, not just parts.
Panacea: a cure-all
This holistic view has been captured in the name of the building: Panaceum is derived from ‘Panacea’. In Greek mythology, Panacea (Greek Πανάκεια, Panakeia) was the goddess of healing; she symbolizes the power of treatment of all diseases.
Panacea was said to have a poultice or potion with which she healed the sick. This brought about the concept of the panacea in medicine, a cure-all, either physical medication or a solution to a problem. ‘Panace’ is also the term for heal-all herbs.
At Panaceum clients are offered comprehensive holistic care, and although we may not have a potion that heals all, every effort has been made to provide our clients with a wide range of services.
Meaning of panacea
1. A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
2. Something that will solve all problems.
Greek mythology
Panacea was the daughter of Asclepius, god of medicine, and the granddaughter of Apollo, god of healing (among other things).
Panacea and her five sisters each performed a facet of Apollo's art: Panacea was the goddess of cures, Iaso was the goddess of recuperation, Hygiena was the goddess of disease prevention, Aceso was the goddess of recovery, Meditrina was the goddess of longevity, and Aglaea was the goddess of natural beauty.
Panacea also had four brothers — Podaleirus, one of the two kings of Tricca, who had a flair for diagnostics, and Machaon, the other king of Tricca, who was a master surgeon (these two took part in the Trojan War until Machaon was killed by Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons); Telesphoros, who devoted his life to serving Asclepius; and Aratus, her stepbrother, who was a Greek hero and the patron/liberator of Sicyon. Source: wikipedia.
