Asclepius is the god of medical treatment in Roman mythology. His image is holding a stick with a snake wrapped around it. The Greeks associated this sign with medical treatment, because snakes shed their skin every year, which has always been regarded as a process of recovery and renewal. The wooden stick represents the position of the spine and midvein of the human body. Represents the double helix ascending movement when the mental quantity rises along the midvein. In ancient times, especially in hospitals located in medical hot springs, snakes were regarded as sacred objects. It is said that when the plague raged in ancient Rome, people invited Ashibis, who was transformed into a giant snake, and the plague disappeared immediately.
The medical and health emergency system should be uniformly identified, including emergency clothing, badges, armbands and vehicle passes. To ensure that the emergency team of public health emergencies can arrive at the scene safely and smoothly in the first time. In the past, snakes and wands were the symbols of ancient foreign doctors, because the medical technology at that time was still in the stage of mixing with witchcraft and animal self-treatment, so these two things were represented for a long time, and the modern world Red Cross Society was established. They were used as symbols when designing symbols, and they have been used until today.
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Ancient Greek legends
Asclepius, the founder of ancient Greek medicine, is said to be the son of Apollo, the sun god, and Coroni, a mortal. He studied medicine in Kailong with superb medical skills. One day, when he was absorbed in thinking about a case, a poisonous snake crawled over and wrapped around his hand. Asclepius was surprised and killed the poisonous snake at once. Who knows, at this moment, another poisonous snake appeared, with herbs in its mouth, lying next to the dead snake, and the dead snake came back to life.
When Asclepius saw this scene, he immediately realized that snakes are poisonous and can kill people, but they have mysterious healing power and can save people. No wonder people always think that snakes are the embodiment of wisdom. From then on, wherever Asclepius went to practice medicine, he not only took a snake with him, but always wrapped a snake around his cane. Once this theory spread, people engaged in the medical industry followed suit, so the "snake stick" became the symbol of the western medical industry. In the old society, the collar of the Kuomintang military medical officer was the badge of "snake stick".
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