If you ask which symbol represents medicine and doctors, people might say white coat, other might say a stethoscope, bur some may say it is a snake entwining a staff. However, two different symbols that feature snake and staffs are used to represent medicine. One is the Aesculapian symbol, which has a snake rolled around the staff of Aesculapius. The others have two snakes entwined around the caduceus (staff) of Hermes with a pair of wings on the top called, unsurprisingly, the Caduceus of Hermes. But what are these used to represent the medical profession, and which one is a more accurate representation?
Aesculapius and his medical sign Aesculapius is known as the Greek God of medicine and had a complicated start to life. He was the son of Apollo and the nymph Coronis. Although Apollo loved Coronis and impregnated her, Coronis fell in love with someone else and wanted to marry him. To…
