With the health care debate in full swing, cable news networks need a medical symbol for their graphics, but they’re using the wrong one. To be clear, the Rod of Asclepius is the appropriate symbol for medicine and the Caduceus is the inappropriate selection.
Asclepius’ Rod is associated with the Greek god of medicine and is, appropriately incorporated in the logo of the American Medical Association. The Wikipedia pages for the Rod and the Caduceus provide a pretty coherent outline of this confusion.
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