This ancient symbol, also called the Staff of Hermes, depicts two snakes intertwining ... plus countless emblems of national medical agencies. But for the U.S., one of the world’s most ...

One of the relatively lesser known medical symbols is the oil lamp ... the Ancient Greeks believed in the healing properties ...

The same archetype recurs in the two symbols of the medical profession: the more traditional Rod of Asclepius, god of healing, with one snake; and the more commercial Rod of Hermes, or Caduceus ...