HEALING
"In Roman mythology, Aesculapius was the god of
medicine. His symbol was a staff with a snake coiled about it. According to the
legend, he had received a healing herb (drug) from a serpent's mouth. The connection between the serpent and
sorcery pharmakia in the Greek New
Testament) has continued to the present day. Aesculapius' staff now has not one
but two serpents coiled around it in the familiar and honored emblem of modern
medicine. The tradition behind this symbol is kept alive by the medical
profession. Though the name of Jesus Christ and prayers to God the Father has
been excluded from our schools, at the time the doctors receive their M.
D. Degrees of medical colleges,
graduates still repeat in unison the ancient Hippocratic Oath which begins: "I
swear by Apollo the Physician, by Aesculapius, by Hygeia, Panacea, AND ALL THE
GODS AND GODDESSES."
medicine. His symbol was a staff with a snake coiled about it. According to the
legend, he had received a healing herb (drug) from a serpent's mouth. The connection between the serpent and
sorcery pharmakia in the Greek New
Testament) has continued to the present day. Aesculapius' staff now has not one
but two serpents coiled around it in the familiar and honored emblem of modern
medicine. The tradition behind this symbol is kept alive by the medical
profession. Though the name of Jesus Christ and prayers to God the Father has
been excluded from our schools, at the time the doctors receive their M.
D. Degrees of medical colleges,
graduates still repeat in unison the ancient Hippocratic Oath which begins: "I
swear by Apollo the Physician, by Aesculapius, by Hygeia, Panacea, AND ALL THE
GODS AND GODDESSES."
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