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caduceus n.(pl. -cei )(羅馬神話中傳信天使 Merc...

A “ caduceus “ represents hermes staff and medicine ! ! Caduceus代表海爾梅斯權杖和藥物! ! !

A “ caduceus “ represents hermes staff and medicine ! ! Caduceus代表海爾梅斯權杖和藥物! ! !

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Hermes was usually portrayed wearing a broad - brimmed traveller ' s hat or a winged cap ( petasos or more commonly petasus ) , wearing winged sandals ( talaria ) and carrying his near eastern herald ' s staff , entwined by copulating serpents , called the kerykeion , more familiar in its latinized form , the caduceus 赫密士通常被描繪成截著寬邊的施行帽或者是有翼的帽(古希臘的寬邊帽或者更普通的寬邊帽) ,穿上有翼涼鞋,帶著作為近東使者的棒子,被連接的大毒蛇纏繞著,稱為赫凱里奧,更接近于拉丁化的形式,墨兵利神的手杖。

Yet perhaps it does not matter that both the caduceus and the aesculapian staff are both recognized as symbols of medicine , as long as people associate the symbols with the qualities that a physician should embody , rather than with the qualities of ancient greek gods 不過只要人們能把這個符號與醫生本應擁有的品質聯系起來,而不僅僅只是與古希臘諸神的品質聯系起來,那么,同時把克丟西爾斯杖和伊斯庫雷皮亞斯杖認做醫學標志,也許就沒什么要緊了。

Unfortunately , there is one final significance of the caduceus that should appeal to no one and is horrifying when connected to the medical profession , for it was the duty of hermes , caduceus in hand , to lead the souls of the dead to the underworld 不幸的是,赫爾墨斯蛇杖還有一個重要意義,如果和醫生這個職業聯系起來,會變得很恐怖,沒人會再感興趣? ?因為手持蛇杖,引領死者的靈魂前往冥界,是赫爾墨斯的職責。

In fact , the romans used the caduceus as a symbol of peace , and described a myth in which hermes ( mercury ) threw his rod between two fighting snakes and stopped their battle , at which point they wrapped themselves around the wand 事實上,羅馬人用默丘利的手杖作為和平的象征,并且在一個神話中說,赫爾墨斯(默丘利)投魔杖于兩條互相爭斗的蛇中,制止了它們的戰斗,于是兩條蛇就盤繞在魔杖之上。

Despite the apparent clarity around the distinct origins and meaning of the caduceus and the staff of aesculapius , they are both used commonly , and often interchangeably , every day 雖然關于克丟西爾斯杖和阿斯克勒皮亞斯杖的起源和意義很明顯是截然不同的,可它們每天都被頻繁使用,而且經常被相互替換。

The first of these came in the 1500 s when printers began to use the caduceus as their insignia because they felt it symbolized their role as messengers and businessmen 第一種源頭是16世紀印刷工開始用克丟西爾斯杖作為他們的徽章,因為他們覺得這可以象征他們作為報信者和生意人的身份。

The caduceus , with its wings and twin snakes , is an impostor which somehow managed to find a connection to medicine , a connection which is unfounded and undesirable 而默丘利那根有翅膀和兩條蛇的手杖則是冒名頂替的,不知何故它被認為與醫學有關,這種關聯毫無出處,也令人不快。

That in itself was not a problem until several publishers of medical texts began prominently displaying the caduceus on the books given to students and doctors 這本身并沒有什么問題,但是后來,幾個醫學課本發行人開始在給學生和醫生的書上的顯著位置印上了克丟西爾斯杖的圖形。

Unfortunately , although both the staff of aesculapius and the caduceus are in use , only one of them has a historical connection with the practice of medicine 不幸的是,雖然伊斯蔻雷皮亞斯和默丘利的手杖都被用作醫學標記,但歷史上它們中只有一根與醫學實踐有聯系。

The caduceus began as the magical rod of the greek messenger - god hermes ( or the roman god , mercury ) 最初,默丘利的手杖是希臘報信神赫爾墨斯(或說羅馬神默丘利)的魔杖。

A “ caduceus “ represents hermes staff and medicine ! ! Caduceus代表海爾梅斯權杖和藥物! ! !