The Rod of Asclepius remains a symbol of health and medicine around the world to this day. Asclepius was a demi-god son of ...

The caduceus is the “Born in the U.S.A.” of Greek iconography: Everyone seems to think it stands for something it doesn’t. This ancient symbol, also called the Staff of Hermes, depicts two ...

One of the relatively lesser known medical symbols is the oil lamp. While the other symbols evolved from ancient beginnings, ...