Resumen

PEREZ VAZQUEZ, Isael Armando  y  SANCHEZ LERA, Rita María. The walking stick of Aesculapius: its history. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.1, pp.220-237. ISSN 1727-8120.

The literature review was made in order to young health professionals know about the history , origin and meaning of the emblem that represents the Medicine in all fields with humanist and high ethical values and moral character : the Aesculapius emblem, the feats attributed to him to calm or appease . This image of the snake with the cane has remained as a healing attribute of God and has come to the present as a symbol of medicine.

Palabras clave : insignia and emblems; Esculapio; history.

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