1898: 'Hygeia and "hot dogs"'--Is Hygeia a soft drink?

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>... Would anyone know what Hygeia is?

Not for certain maybe. I gave a few possibilities on this list in March 2002.

My current guess is "Hygeia" = "Hygeia water" = [a brand of] "distilled
water" (there was such a brand at the time, and a pretty common one, I
believe). Maybe bottled water and hot dogs was a students' (humorous)
version of wine and beefsteak, or something like that.

-- Doug Wilson