Why would Asclepius be a good name for a medical school yearbook?

Question

I know the answer, but this is the trivia question of the day.

cgspitfire, lol..that's actually the name of the medical school yearbook for the University of Texas-Austin medical school and LOTS of the students didn't even know what it meant!

Answer 1

Asclepius was a Greek hero who later become the Greek god of medicine and healing. The son of Apollo and Coronis, Asclepius had five daughters, Aceso, Iaso, Panacea, Aglaea and Hygieia. He was worshipped throughout the Greek world but his most famous sanctuary was located in Epidaurus which is situated in the northeastern Peloponnese. The main attribute of Asclepius is a physician's staff with an Asclepian snake wrapped around it; this is how he was distinguished in the art of healing, and his attribute still survives to this day as the symbol of the modern medical profession. The c0ck was also sacred to Asclepius and was the bird they sacrificed as his altar.

Answer 2

Maybe because Asclepius was a Greek hero who later become the Greek god of medicine and healing.