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Originally posted by HardToStarboard
Originally posted by emsed1
The caduceus isn't double-helix-y enough to resemble DNA.
Perhaps not... certainly the modern depictions aren't. Even the EMS symbol usually only has one snake.
I will see if I can find an old one.
Originally posted by emsed1
reply to post by HardToStarboard
I found this one:
From an ancient Sumerian engraving.
Here is a rendering of a DNA molecule:
The Sumerian caduceus also looks sort of like a chromosome. Similarities may just be coincidental though. Our brains tend to see familiar images in symbols, which makes them powerful methods for transferring concepts that are abstract.
Originally posted by emsed1
Originally posted by HardToStarboard
Originally posted by emsed1
The caduceus isn't double-helix-y enough to resemble DNA.
Perhaps not... certainly the modern depictions aren't. Even the EMS symbol usually only has one snake.
I will see if I can find an old one.
The single snake symbol isn't a caduceus; it's the rod of Asclepius.
Originally posted by emsed1
reply to post by LUXUS
Very very interesting...
Now I'm going to have to look into all that. Intriguing..
Originally posted by XXX777
These are old tree stories, draconian star stories, wait for it.... wait.... wait.... ~reptilian~ stories!
The dragon/snake is wrapped around the pole, and the apples are hanging up there in the sky with it.
Originally posted by emsed1
Perhaps not... certainly the modern depictions aren't. Even the EMS symbol usually only has one snake.
I will see if I can find an old one.
Originally posted by Omphale
Originally posted by emsed1
Perhaps not... certainly the modern depictions aren't. Even the EMS symbol usually only has one snake.
I will see if I can find an old one.
The caduceus is the symbol of the messenger, more specifically of communication in commerce. It has no association with medicine, in the Ancient World, or anywhere else other than North America I believe. The symbol of medicine is the Staff of Asklepius. The international symbol of medicine/healing is therefore a staff with a single snake entwined around it, not the two snakes.
edit on 30-11-2011 by Omphale because: (no reason given)