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he Medical Service. Quite right, said Uncle Henry, it is used as adoctors emblem everywhere, and has been fora long time. Now see if you can tell who ownedthe emblem of physicians among the ancientpeople. Then the rod with the snakes began to get smallerand smaller on the spider web screen, and a… … Why, thats the flying Mercury we have on thehall table at home! exclaimed Paul. Yes/ said Uncle Henry, and if you look inthe almanac you will find that the little symbol wesaw first is always used to stand for Mercury, theplanet. The little mark is still called by its Latinname, which is caduceus.…
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