Why is the Medical Symbol a Snake?
| Autor: | Ekrem Güner, Kamil Gökhan Şeker, Şebnem İzmir Güner |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | İstanbul Medical Journal, Vol 20, Iss 2, Pp 172-175 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2619-9793 2148-094X |
| DOI: | 10.4274/imj.galenos.2018.65902 |
| Popis: | Currently, health-related professions and institutions are symbolized with an illustration of a snake wrapped around a branch of a tree, a stick or a rod. In this article, we will try to find out why the snake, which has influenced the humankind since the ancient ages and has been given place in legends and mythologies, has been depicted in ancient age reliefs, statues and coins, and has taken part in written texts, is accepted as the symbol of health and medicine in the light of ancient archaeological coin images. |
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