“It is relatively common, especially in the United States, to find the caduceus, with its two snakes and wings, (mis)used as a symbol of medicine instead of the Rod of Asclepius, with only a single snake. This usage was popularized by the adoption of the caduceus as its insignia by the U.S. Army Medical Corps in 1902 at the insistence of a single officer (though there are conflicting claims as to whether this was Capt. Frederick P. Reynolds or Col. John R. van Hoff).”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus…
[Homer Simpson shaking fist meme:] “Damn you, Capt. Frederick P. Reynolds, or Col. John R. van Hoff! Damn you, whichever it was, to hell!”
Apparently the “correct” use of the caduceus is as, umm, a symbol of logistics:
Nanook
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