But what does EirPax mean...???
Dr. Wright loves stories - like mythology and histories. These stories includes his own personal history and the field of medicine. So, the name EirPax is a combination of all of these things.
Eir
Eir has several tie ins. First, it is short for Eire - another name for Ireland which is one of the sources of Dr. Wright's red-hair...
Eir was the Old Norse word for the copper as well as the noun for "mercy" or "peace."
Eir also harkens to Norse mythology (another ancestral source of the red-hair...). Eir was a valkyrie. The valkyries were like a form of battlefield guardian angels for Norse heroes. The valkyrie Eir, had even more significant duties as a healer. This is the mythology prayer for her aid...
"Hail to Eir, gentle goddess, best of all doctors, cooler of fierce fevers, mender of shattered bones, guide of the physician, the midwife, the surgeon - the healing of all afflictions is in your power. Wise in herb-craft, in the remedies of the earth, your touch the cure for any ailment, your wisdom the source of renewal and recover for any who seek it. Eir, kind-hearted goddess, your gifts a sound body and a peaceful mind, you ease our suffering, you take away our pain, you give us the strength to beat back all ill health, you restore us, you return us to a full life."
Pax
Standing on the historical shoulders of Greek/Roman medicine, Pax is the Latin word for peace and in mythology was the offspring of Jupiter (King of the pantheon) and Justice (and in Greek, the name was Eirene). At the beginning and end of medical school, physicians take oaths such as the Hippocratic Oath regarding the ethics and honor required and instilled for the path of a physician. Progressing through history also laid the groundwork for other physician philosophers leading to one of Dr. Wright's favorites...
"Inspire me with love for my art and for Thy creatures. Do not allow thirst for profit or ambition for renown and admiration to interfere with my profession, for these are the enemies of truth and of love for mankind, and they can lead astray in the great task of attending to the welfare of Thy creatures."
- Oath of Maimonides