In ancient Greece, the asclepion was a healing temple dedicated to Asclepius, the God of Medicine. Asclepius learned the art of surgery from the centaur Chiron and had the ability to raise the dead. The Rod of Asclepius is a roughhewn branch entwined with a single serpent.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
The Historical Achievement of Both Medicine and Surgery
"Good, but limited. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if the cancer don't get us the arteriosclerosis must." - Richard Gordon, The Alarming History of Medicine
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