caducias sorry, not sure if i spelled it right
pronounced ka do shish
2006-07-17 13:10:59
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answered by jeff s 4
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The EMT symbol is called the Star of Life; snakes are in the suborder serpentis. According to the first website: "The Aesculapian snake belongs to the family Colubridae. It is classified as Elaphe longissima."
According to the second:
"Each of the bars of the blue "Star of Life" represents the six system function of the EMS, as illustrated below: The capitol letter "R" enclosed in the circle on the right represents the fact that the symbol is a "registered" certification.
As stated above, the snake and staff in the center of the symbol portray the staff Asclepius who, according to Greek mythology, was the son of Apollo (god of light, truth and prophecy). Supposedly Asclepius learned the art of healing from the centaur Cheron; but Zeus - king of the gods, was fearful that because of the Asclepius knowledge, all men might be rendered immortal. Rather than have this occur, Zeus slew Asclepius with a thunderbolt. Later, Asclepius was worshipped as a god andpeople slept in his temples, as it was rumored that he effected cures of prescribed remedies to the sick during their dreams.Eventually, Zues restored Asclepius to life, making him a god.
Asclepius was usually shown in a standing position, dressed in a long cloat, holding a staff with a serpent coiled around it. The staff has since come to represent medicine's only symbol. In the Caduceus, used by physicians and the Military Medical Corp., the staff is winged and has two serpents intertwined. Even though this does not hold any medical relevance in origin, it represents the magic wand of the Greek deity, Hermes, messenger of the gods. " (from second site)
2006-07-17 16:42:27
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answered by candy2mercy 5
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The symbol is the Rod of Asclepius (often mistaken for a Caduceus, which is similar but has two snakes). The animal is a snake (or possibly a worm). The origin is ancient Greek and may (??) be related to the drawing out of a rather nasty parasite which burrows under the skin and was litterally wound around a stick over a few days to pull it out without breaking. Ancient Greek physicians may have displayed the "worm on a stick" as an advertisement for this procedure.
From wikipedia, "Rod of Asclepius":
"The snake wrapped around the staff is widely acclaimed to be a species of Rat snake, Elaphe longissima, also known as the Aesculapian (Asclepian) snake."
2006-07-17 14:18:15
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answered by Patrick M 3
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No, you've got it wrong.
The symbol is derived from the biblical story of Moses lifting up a serpent on a rod following the Hebrews exodus from Egypt and wanderings in the wilderness. The story relates that the camp was invaded by deadly serpents for which the only cure was to simply look at the serpent which Moses had raised up in the middle of the camp.
Traditionally then this "serpent on a rod" is the symbol of the physician/healer.
This was an archtype for the crucifixion of Jesus. The only requirement there was for one to simply look to Jesus lifted up on the cross as the simple way to reconcile themselves to God. Accepting Jesus death as a substitution for our own allows God to stamp "paid" on our debt (sin) which keeps us from a right relationship with God.
2006-07-17 13:15:05
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answered by idiot detector 6
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a basalisk? maybe a hydra? a wurm? a craw wurm?
2006-07-17 13:07:51
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answered by boozenaked 2
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