is a right disposition of the body, and of all its parts; consisting in a due temperature, a right conformation, just connection, and ready and free exercise of the several vital functions.

Health admits of latitude, as not being the same in all subjects, who may yet be said to enjoy health.

That part of medicine which shows the means of preserving health, is termed hygiene. See Medicine.

The Greeks and Romans deified Health, representing it under the figure of a woman, whom they supposed to be the daughter of Æsculapius. We find the name of the goddefs Salus, or Health, on many medals of the Roman emperors, with different inscriptions; as, Salus Publica, Salus Reipublicae, Salus Augusti, &c.

Methods of preserving the Health of Mariners. See Mariner.