LETTER
Asklepios
Perry A. Ball, MD
1 August 1996 | Volume 125 Issue 3 | Page 254
TO THE EDITOR:
Bailey's review of the myth of Asklepios [1] and the importance of compassion is timely, given the increasing expectations and uncertainties that contemporary physicians face. An irony of modern medicine and its symbols is that the staff of Asklepios, which is entwined by a single serpent, has been replaced by the caduceus, entwined by double serpents. The latter is the symbol of Hermes, the patron god of thieves.
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756
1. Bailey JE. Asklepios: ancient hero of medical caring. Ann Intern Med. 1996; 124:257-63.
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