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Caduceus Symbol
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Caduceus Symbol
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The Caduceus staff originates from Greek Mythology as the Symbol of Iris, Hera's messenger, then later the staff was used as the Symbol for Hermes, who became the Messenger of the Gods in later Greek mythology.
It is a staff with either 1 or 2 snakes entertwined upwards. It represents medicine/healing. It originated during the exodus of the Jews from Egypt, while they were wandering in the desert. Many of the jews were being bitten and killed by p...
The symbol of two intertwined snakes appeared early in Babylonia and is related to other serpent symbols of fertility, wisdom, and healing, and of sun gods.
Answers to Other Common Questions
I've never heard your explanation of the Caduceus, but the following is the one I heard in Medical School: One explanation is that the Caduceus represents how people would use a stick to slowly wind up and pull out a parasitic worm, Dracunc...
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The caduceus is sometimes used as a symbol for medicine, especially in North America, through confusion with the traditional medical symbol, the rod of Asclepius, which has only a single snake and no wings.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090306104...
serpents are traditionally evil, that is a given, the medical system as we know it is also evil. But I think it is actually a camera for inserting into rectums of the world
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The use of Caduceus ad a medical symbol.is apparently a pretty modern custom and mostly used in the US and New Zealand. The Caduceus is similar in looks to the staff of Aesclepius, except that the former has two snakes and the latter has on...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090418185...
On our C&E Branch badge there is representation of a Greek God known as Mercury and nicknamed “Jimmy” by soldiers of the Royal Engineer Signal Service in the early 1880s in England. Mercury carries a cane in his left hand, which is refe...
http://www.commelec.forces.gc.ca/eve/pe-ep/2008/ca-cp-e...
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