Who invented the medical symbol that is on the back of the ambulances and when did he/she invent it?

Question

This question i need the answer for homework and it is gonig to be on my test i hav 2marrow....really need the anwser to it....plez help me.

Answer 1

The first known use of the caduceus in a medical context was in the printer's vignette used by the Swiss medical printer Johann Frobenius (1460-1527), who used the staff entwined with serpents, not winged but surmounted by a dove, with the biblical epigraph "Be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves."

Answer 2

In Mythology, the wand or staff carried by Hermes or Mercury having two serpents entwined around it and surmounted by two wings. Used as the medical insignia of certain medical groups such as the U.S. Army Medical Corps. Even though it is sometimes used to symbol the medical profession, the staff of Aesculapius, q.v., Roman god of medicine, is usually considered to be the more appropriate symbol.

In The United States the caduceus is the more popular of the two commonly used symbols of medicine. The other symbol is the staff of the Greek and Roman demigod of medicine, Aesculapius. The Caduceus was the magic rod of Hermes, the messenger of the gods, "deity of wealth, god of trade and travelers, of commerce, manual skill, oratory and eloquence, of thieves, and of the wind and patron of the athletes. The Caduceus was adopted as the U.S. Army's Medical Departments official insignia in 1902.

http://www.publicsafety.net/wand.htm

Answer 3

1973 was when it was made and it was done like that because it was originally the staff with the 2 snakes like the regular medical but they started facing like....copyright type issues so they had to change it. And I do believe it was changed by like...an overseeing commission then one regular person.