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 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 Age painting and is part of the collection of the Amsterdam Museum, on loan to the Rijksmuseum. This painting by Hooch was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1908, who wrote; "25. THE GOOD HOUSEWIFE. Sm. Suppl. 38. ; de G. 13. A woman is putting away linen in a great oak press, inlaid with ebony, which stands to the