Caduceus eloquence). The caduceus is often incorrectly used as a symbol of healthcare organizations and medical practice, particularly in North America, due to confusion with the traditional medical symbol, the Rod of Asclepius, which has only one snake and is never depicted with wings. It is thought that this symbol's long lasting association with the medical profession stems from early use of twigs to draw out long bodied inter muscular parasitic worms by wrapping them slowly around the twig so as not to break them or allow them to escape back into the body, a successful treatment still in use today,
Two Women Beside a Linen Chest, with a Child may justly be reckoned among his best works ; the drawing and finishing are singularly perfect" (Sm.). Signed "P. de Hoogh, 1663" ; canvas, 30 inches by 28 inches. Exhibited at Amsterdam in 1872, No. 110, and 1900, No. 46. See Harvard, Merveilles d'Art, pp. 57, 123. Sales: Now in the collection of Dr. J. P. Six, Amsterdam, No. 46." Two Women Beside a Linen Chest, with a Child Two Women Beside a Linen Chest, with a Child (c. 1663) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch, it is an example of Dutch Golden