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[–] FarceOfWill 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Finally someone justifies using a caudecus as a medicine symbol.

[–] wunami@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Single snake is Rod of Asclepius. A caduceus is 2 snakes and the staff has wings.

[–] FarceOfWill 5 points 1 week ago

Yes. Im talking about the heart one cos it looks like two snakes.

[–] sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 0 points 1 week ago
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

I was a couple months ago old when I found out that the medical symbol they use is of 2 snakes doing it.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus_as_a_symbol_of_medicine

Honestly I feel like Hermes having domain over alchemy is a decent enough pretext