Medical Symbol Name

Did you know that medical symbol thing with a winged staff and two serpents has a name: It's called a Caduceus

This symbol used in the medical profession actually has a name - call it "Word for the Day" or "Random facts" but this medical symbol with the winged staff and two serpents (snakes) wrapped around the staff has a name: It's a caduceus. Or caducei if there are more than one. In Greek methology such a staff was carried by Hermes. Hermes is the is the Olympian god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures, of invention, of commerce in general, and of the cunning of thieves and liars. Hermes was usually portrayed wearing a broad-brimmed traveler's hat or a winged cap (petasus), wearing winged sandals (talaria), and carrying his Near Eastern herald's staff -either a caduceus entwined by copulating serpents, or a kerykeion topped with a symbol similar to the astrological symbol of Taurus the bull. Hermes wore the garments of a traveler, worker, or shepherd. Useless but interesting information about the caduceus.


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Submitted by Marco on Thu, 26/06/2008 - 10:29pm.

Got this interesting comment from a reader (thanks Ingrid!)

About the caduceus: is it not true that it is in fact a symbol derived
from Kemet (Egypt)? The original symol was called Per Ankh, meaning
"house of life" which we know as a modern day "hospital". Just as the
symbol for "prescription" (Rx) is derived from the Eye of Horus. The
Greeks re-presented many concepts that originated from predated African life. Here's a little info for you: http://members.tripod.com/jrmoore1958/imhotep.html. By all means, do your own research. It's good to know how modern day stories and myths lead to worldwide governing concepts and where those concepts originated from. Have a great day and keep travelling the journey!

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