A symbol (☤) representing a staff with two snakes wrapped around it, used to indicate merchants and messengers, and also sometimes as a symbol of medicine
The official wand carried by a herald in ancient Greece and Rome, specifically the one carried in mythology by Hermes, the messenger of the gods, usually represented with two snakes twined around it
Caduceus the rod of Mercury, / With which he wonts the Stygian realmes inuade .
It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top
A symbol consisting of a staff with two snakes wrapped around it; symbol of medicine in America
Staff carried by Hermes as a symbol of peace. It served as a badge of protection for ancient Greek and Roman heralds and ambassadors. It was originally depicted as a rod or olive branch ending in two shoots and decorated with garlands or ribbons; in later iconography the garlands became two snakes and a pair of wings was attached to the staff to represent Hermes' speed. The caduceus was adopted as a symbol of physicians because of its similarity to the staff of Asclepius
In Classical mythology, the staff carried by the god Hermes It possessed various powers, including the guarantee of safe passage by any messenger The caduceus is shaped like a wand with two wings at the top and snakes intertwined around the shaft