MEMEstreets (Now four years old!), features photographs of ephemeral art (graffiti, cryptic markings, and found art, both deliberate and accidental), discovered in the San Francisco Bay area and documented with my trusty Nikon digital camera. New photos are posted erratically, but I shoot for Monday, Wednesday and Friday.



healthcare

Posted September 2, 2009

A caduceus composed of two serpents spiraled about a old person’s cane, instead of the traditional herald’s staff.  The Wikipedia article on the Caduceus points out, interestingly, that its use as the symbol of medicine is an error – the actual symbol being the comparatively minimal Rod of Asclepius.


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