The Caduceus used as the symbol of the medical profession in America, was the staff of Mercury, the Roman god of trade and messenger of the gods.... The staff of Mercury has two serpents twined about ...

GOLDEN WAND OF MEDICINE : A HISTORY OF THE CADUCEUS SYMBOL IN MEDICINE WALTER J FRIEDLANDER FOREWORD BY ROBERT P HUDSON ...

In my April, What’s Your Diagnosis? column, I introduced some of you to the great Persian physician, Rhazes, known as the “Father of Pediatrics.” For this blog, I thought we would go back a bit closer ...

A leading journal in its field for more than three quarters of a century, the Bulletin spans the social, cultural, and scientific aspects of the history of medicine worldwide. Every issue includes ...