THE CADUCEUS
Abstract
To the Editor:—
The introduction of the caduceus as the insignia of the Medical Corps of the U. S. Army is not an error as stated by Dr. James E. Cottrell (J. A. M. A. 158:1308 [Aug. 6] 1955). In a paper entitled "Medical Symbols and Medical Saints" published in Merck Report July, 1949, I stated that the most satisfactory explanation of how the staff of Mercury with its two wings and two serpents was ultimately chosen as the official insignia of...