About the Salus Blog

The Salus Blog is compiled by the Health Sciences Library Team at NUI Galway for students and staff in the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. We’ll draw your attention to useful resources, information, books, news and anything else which we think might be relevant or helpful to you. You are welcome to feedback any comments or suggestions on any of the items in this blog.

 

 

Salus in Roman religion, the Goddess of safety and welfare, later identified with the Greek Hygieia.
From Encyclopedia Britannica (Academic edition)

Pronunciation:

Salus:   sAY-lus - 'u' is pronounced as 'u' in the English word "us".    The image is used courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.