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AEsculapius
AEsculapius [AE]s`cu*la"pi*us, n. [L. Aesculapius, Gr. ?.] (Myth.) The god of medicine. Hence, a physician.

Meaning of AESCULAPIUS from wikipedia

- (/æsˈkliːpiəs/; Ancient Gr****: Ἀσκληπιός Asklēpiós [asklɛːpiós]; Latin: Aesculapius) is a hero and god of medicine in ancient Gr**** religion and mythology...
- "The Caduceus vs. Staff of Aesculapius - One Snake or Two?". Missouri Medicine. 116 (6): 476–477. "The Staff of Aesculapius has represented medicine since...
- The Temple of Aesculapius located in the gardens of the Villa Borghese, in Rome, was built in the ionic style between 1785 and 1792 by Antonio Asprucci...
- Amblyscirtes aesculapius (the lace-winged roadside skipper) is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas...
- ship. Faint vestiges of Aesculapius' rod with an entwining snake are still visible on the "prow". After the Temple of Aesculapius, shrines dedicated to...
- snake-and-staff element of the symbol has a Unicode code point called the Staff of Aesculapius. Unicode has no dedicated code point for the Star of Life. First aid...
- of Asclepius, Rome Temple of Asclepius, Augusta Treverorum Temple of Aesculapius (Villa Borghese) Asclepeion Asclepius (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
- attached covered solarium. It had a marble statue of Aesculapius, a god of healing. The cult of Aesculapius and Hygia had come to Rome in 293 BC. Although Hygia...
- The Temple of Aesculapius, in the Villa Borghese gardens...
- Patients sleeping in the temple of Aesculapius at Epidaurus by Ernest Board...