What is/ Where did the medical symbol come from?

[Dave81]

Hey everyone,

I was wodering if you guys knew what the name for the symbol for medicine is and where it originated from. I looked it up and it's history is pretty interesting and many people, even physicians, have made mistakes about it.

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[dollarbincommon]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103473

the caduceus or the aesculapius

I got that from the thread.

 

[Dave81]

Yeah they've got it.... this website also explains it well too..

http://www.mcnindia.com/staff/index.htm

One thing that's kinda cool to mention is that on the website it says "Osteopathic medicine has been careful to stay true to the correct icon, the Staff of Aesculapius."