Whoever started putting the ancient Greek icon on American public health officers’ uniforms had it confused with another snake-and-staff symbol. The caduceus is the “Born in the U.S.A.” of ...

In 1902, the U.S. Army Medical Corps adopted the Caduceus as its emblem. The symbol then began appearing more frequently in North American medical contexts, gradually becoming mistaken as the true ...

The medical ... symbol of the medical profession, but the ancient emblem actually has quite a story behind it. There are actually two versions of the symbol. The winged version is known as a ...

A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here claiming that many doctors in the country were by mistake using the Greek symbol Caduceus, consisting of a ...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION TAJI, Iraq - Medical service corps officers at Contingency Operating Location Taji, Iraq, hosted a Silver Caduceus Society Call Dec. 5 to facilitate the professional ...

In the U.S., the caduceus took on a brand new meaning. Its misuse as a medical symbol seems to date to 1902 when it was added ...