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Bowl of Hygieia necklace | sterling silver
For a younger sister who works in pharmacy, the bowl of Hygieia is an emblem of her own profession, and this bowl of Hygieia necklace in sterling silver lets her wear it. Hygieia was the Greek goddess of health, and her snake and bowl still appear on pharmacy signs today.
Who It's For
- your wife, bought well ahead of the day
- a graduate, as her graduation present
- a colleague at the pharmacy
- yourself, no occasion needed
Katrin F.: “It won't be the last jewelry from sciencejewelry1824.”
The Science of the Right Dose
Pharmacology describes a medicine by more than one dose. The ED50 is the dose that brings the wanted effect in half of the people who receive it, and the TD50 is the dose at which half show a toxic one. Divide the second by the first and you get the therapeutic index, a measure of how much room lies between helping and harming. The range between the lowest dose that works and the dose where toxic effects begin is called the therapeutic window. For some medicines it is wide. For others the working dose sits close to the harmful one, and the amount has to be set with care for each patient.
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FAQ
How big is the pendant, and how does it sit?
The pendant measures 33 mm (1.3 inches), about 9 mm more than the width of a US quarter (24.26 mm). It hangs from a small ring at the top, on a 45 cm (17.7 inch) sterling silver chain with a 5 cm (2 inch) extender, and sits below the collarbone. Extra chains for layering are sold on this page: 40, 42, 45 or 50 cm with a 5 cm extender, or 80 cm, each in silver or gold vermeil. Our sterling silver is nickel-free and hypoallergenic.
Is there a gold or two-tone version?
Yes. The same bowl of Hygieia comes in 18K gold vermeil on a gold vermeil chain, and in a two-tone version with the snake in gold vermeil and the bowl, stem and base in sterling silver, on a silver chain. All three measure 33 mm. Choose the finish the recipient already wears. Apart from the metal, the three are one design.
Will it arrive in time, and what if it isn't right?
DHL Express delivers free in 1-5 business days worldwide, and we pay the import duties and taxes, so nothing is due at the door. It arrives in a ready-to-gift jewelry box and festive envelope. If it isn't right, our 30-day “Love It or Return It” policy applies.
Where does “the dose makes the poison” come from?
From Paracelsus, the Swiss-born physician. In 1538, in Carinthia, he wrote seven defences against his critics, who objected among other things to his use of poisons as remedies. In the third he asks: “What is there that is not a poison?” All things are poison, he answers, and only the dose decides that a thing is not one. The Carinthian authorities had promised to publish the defences and never did. They first appeared in print in Cologne in 1564, and the short phrase came later, as a summary.
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