caduceus: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Things you don’t learn in medical school: Caduceus. Sep 12, 2026
Article revised and media added. Feb 04, 2026
Add new Web site: The Lancet - A much misunderstood caduceus and the case for an aesculapion. Sep 27, 2025
Add new Web site: National Museum of Civil War Medicine - The Caduceus versus the Rod of Asclepius. Mar 28, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Florida - College of Medicine - The Chapman Society - What�s in a Symbol. Mar 01, 2024
Add new Web site: The Lancet - The arrow or the Caduceus as the symbol of the doctor. Dec 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Live Science - Why is the medical symbol a snake on a stick? May 18, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Things you don’t learn in medical school: Caduceus. Sep 03, 2022
Added new Web site: Crystalinks - Caduceus. Jun 15, 2007
Added new Web site: Caduceus Brass Quintet - Caduceus. Jun 15, 2007
Article revised. Feb 23, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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