The Caduceus & Medical Laboratory Professionals - The Significance of Professional Identity! |Biomedgrid

What do the Caduceus and Medical Laboratory Professionals have in common? Technically-an exceedingly long historical identity crisis-misrepresentation! Review the symbol of Medicine (and Laboratory Medicine)- is the correct name CADUCEUS or ROD? - an extremely interesting unique controversy. The Caduceus consists of two (2) snakes wrapped around a winged staff. This symbol is derived from Hermes Trismegistus- the ‘Father of Alchemy - or Mercury (following Greek/ Roman mythology). The Caduceus became ironically popular in the US when formally adopted in 1902 by the US Medical Corp. It is believed that an officer incorrectly assumed a medical link from a printer's mark in a 19th century medical text.