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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 2058992, member: 5833&quot;]I read it as Brad reads it, as an allegorical composition celebrating science &amp; industry, with presumably medicine above all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Confusion over the herald&#039;s staff of Hermes/Mercury (also the goddess Iris), with its wings &amp; 2 ribbons, &amp; the simple staff of the master physician Asklepios/Aesculepius (&amp; daughter Hygieia), with its single coiled snake, occurred a long time ago.&nbsp; The caduceus is not properly a symbol for the medical profession, but it has come to be so.&nbsp; It&#039;s use is hardly limited to the US Marines.&nbsp; Your physician may well have one on her medical school diploma.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]249440[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71yeTxAkPhL._AC_SL1111_.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What else is in the composition?&nbsp; I see a wheel &amp; maybe a forge?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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