asclepius

You've posted an article that conflates the two symbols, but the caduceus means different things than the Rod of Asclepius and has different origins despite the similar appearance.

The section about Asclepius mentions a few of the horrible things Rome did to slaves, especially earlier in the republic.

Btw, the interpretation of Socrates and the sacrifice to Asclepius is highly controversial.

Ironically, I meant Caduceus, even though the Rod of Asclepius is probably the better metaphor anyhow....

(There's a stubborn subset who wouldn't trust a computer if Asclepius himself descended from the heaven to sing its praises.

I find it odd medical organizations in the USA use the symbol of the caduceus not the Rod of Asclepius I wonder how that came about.

It's really an intriguing study in how the solution to very similar problems can almost intertwine like an Asclepius staff, twisting around the same central pole while having basically no overlap.

There is a maximum theoretical length and the sphere actually allows you to wrap around it, Rod of Asclepius style, until you get there - picking up an apple on each cycle.

Specifically the Rod/Staff of Asclepius (a serpent on a staff for healing) sounded a lot like the poison healing bronze snake on a pole that Moses created in Numbers 21:9, which was then destroyed 800 years later in 2 Kings 18:4 because it had become an idol.

There's a reason I have a Rod of Asclepius and "DO NOT MRI" tattooed on my wrist.

Lookup the difference between the "Rod of Asclepius" and "The (Hospital) Staff of Hermes"...

Sometimes I think they "mixed-up" the caduceus and the asclepius on purpose.

> There's a reason I have a Rod of Asclepius and "DO NOT MRI" tattooed on my wrist.

In other cultures, a snake is a symbol of wisdom, rebirth and healing (eg the rod of Asclepius).

(maybe a coq to Asclepius, unless the philosophers got there first?) Do you see the People 'sing?

I don't think the new one is great, but I much prefer it to the old one, which looks like a very half-assed attempt to combine an H with the Rod of Asclepius.