People in the medical fields wear pins with this thing on it, and you can see it on some ambulances even. It has wings above two snakes intertwined? I always thought it was a helix, but I think I'm wrong. I need a picture of it and can't find one. Pleeze help??
Answer:
it's called a caduceus
go to google and search in images.
http://images.google.com/images?um=1%26amp;tab...
caduceus it is...mine's tattooed on my left arm
A caduceus (/kəˈduːsiəs/, -ʃəs, -ˈdjuː-; kerykeion in Greek; Unicode U+2624 (☤) on the Miscellaneous Symbols table) is a winged staff with two snakes wrapped around it. It was an ancient astrological symbol of commerce and is associated with the Greek god Hermes, the messenger for the gods, conductor of the dead and protector of merchants and thieves. It was originally a herald's staff, sometimes with wings, with two white ribbons attached. The ribbons eventually evolved into snakes.
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