Abstract
2/2017
vol. 3
Review paper
Ab ovo – medical and humanistic deliberations on health
- Clinic of Gynecology of Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, Division of Developmental Gynecology and Sexuology of Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
- Division of Nutrition, Department of Hygiene and Human Nutrition, University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland
- Higher Vocational State School in Kalisz, Poland
- Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
- Department of Physiology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
J Health Inequal 2017; 3 (2): 180-182
Online publish date: 2017/12/30
The meaning of the Latin term Ab ovo is ‘from the egg’ or ‘from the very beginning’, and it originates from the proverb Ab ovo ad mala, literally ‘from the egg to apples’, i.e. ‘from the beginning to the end’; as meals for ancient Romans started with eggs and ended with apples as a dessert. Within this perspective, the authors have now addressed key aspects of health right from the very beginnings of a human’s life.
Keywords
health, medicine, philosophy
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