what do the cross snakes on the medical symbol mean?

Answer 1

The serpentine staff you're referring to is called a caduceus. It has Greek origins -- Hermes, the messenger of the gods, carried it as a symbol of peace.
Ancient Greeks created the caduceus as a badge of honor; ambassadors and noblemen carried a long staff entwined with garlands or ribbons to announce their presence. The garlands were later interpreted as snakes, and a pair of wings was added to denote Hermes, the winged messenger.

Here's where it gets tricky. The U.S. Army medical corps adopted the caduceus as their insignia because of its similarity to the staff carried by Asclepius, the god of medicine. The staff of Asclepius is considered the "true symbol of medicine" -- it features only one snake, and no wings. It's the emblem of the American Medical Association.

The two symbols are quite similar in appearance, and both are derived from Greek mythology. The caduceus generally stands for peace, although it may also serve as a symbol of trade and communication, while the staff of Asclepius stands for healing.


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Medical Symbol Snake

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Medical Symbols And Their Meanings

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I always understood the snake on any medical device (symbol, shield, etc) to represent the snake Moses put on the pole in Numbers. After the Israelites had been bitten, all they had to do was look at the pole with the snake (exercise faith) and they would be healed.

Answer 8

A staff or rod with a snake curled around it is the staff (the rod) of Aesculapius (also called Asklepios), the ancient mythical god of medicine. His Greek name was Asklepios and his Roman name was Aesculapius. In reality, Asklepios may have once lived and been renowned for his gentle, humane remedies and his humane treatment of the mentally ill. His followers established temples called asclepions, temples of Asklepios, temples of healing. The greatest asklepion was in a grove of trees south of Corinth, Greece where the sick had to spend a night while the proper remedies were revealed during a dream to the priests of the temple and the cured had to make a suitable sacrifice (usually a rooster) to the god.

Answer 9

During the old ages , they cured people with a very small dozes from snakes's poison
Also due to the bible story when Moses make a simi-cross and a metal snake then he put it in the front of the injured people to look to it and get cured imediatley

Answer 10

It comes from Voodoo,one snake is spiritual the staff in the middle is to represents the spine and the other snake represents physical. Morgues have one snake on the staff the spiritual one.