In fact, at various times, the medical community and the veterinary ... that was a pretty cool symbol. The original logo was erroneously replaced in the 1920s by the caduceus of Hermes, which ...

Whoever started putting the ancient Greek icon on American public health officers’ uniforms had it confused with another snake-and-staff symbol. The caduceus is the “Born in the U.S.A.” of ...

There are actually two versions of the symbol. The winged version is known as a caduceus and the stick is actually a staff that was carried by the Olympian god Hermes. In Greek mythology ...