BULLETIN ■!. iS o c k f ^ VOL. No. 4 JANUARY-1943 ( p h o a j u m i Medical Arts Auditorium 8:15 P.M . JANUARY 12 Pathology of Cerebral Anoxia with Illustrative Cases.......................................... W . B. Dublin Plague— Clinical Aspects.................................C. G. Trimble The Local Problem.................................. L. E. Powers Auditorium — Telephone BRoadway 3166 Tacoma, Washington IUII.UTIN .1/ iiw I’n-Kcn County M idkai- Socihty Happy New Year... more or less ! D uring 19-4 5, we arc going to have .1 lighten­ of light conversation W f still have a numbo ing of many war efforts However, thru is no of things which might easily be rationed or cvet 11ml of getting jittery over flu* nutlnok Ka- eliminated altogether, to the advantage of tlM 1 Mining of foods has bun in (lit it tor sonic nmc aiul wc have notiml no gre.n imonven- lentc to any one yet, beyond m aking a subject ( n m i, In 1 Some years ago, some of the minoi players in Hollywood appeared in public with all their make tip on, lor tear no one would Pierce County Medical Society know thcv were at tresses From this, the fid ( i n n i :iis IDIMIM 'I of using lip sink spread throughout the COUn< P ll Ml|( III < li.li M.11:11J try, abetted by the sheepmmds of women. We I’H'.htinl I'll if S I I |« i 1 ii 1.11111 can understand the use ol artificial coloring by Vim- I'ic M.lcnf It II M i. It.u- Si < m m i \ I w m r. mi.. the odaliv|u< kept in die liarein for strictly im­ irii*ln < i moral purposes and whose usefulness ended I I MiN'*r:hnc-. s M M, tm < I 1 nfills 1 K |t w 1. when her i harms rm longer stimulated the endo­ < V l.ui;J\uk < lv M.,» ,11 I \\ JjfltN s | M > I I II I 1 I I crine luiktimis ol the lord and master, but to I \\ (,.j|l.k-i.n H | I M i, |( m see young guls, with what looks like a slash of It I) Wfi«ht \\ |l ................. lll 'll 'H I I Il'N raw heel where a pretty mouth should be, and S M 1 |{ m .i [irt particularly to sec them smearing on successive I W I .UK s s | 11< 1 rm 11x 1 cats while .it a table ill a public place, does not S’ m f 1 t t ' M \ ! j I ' I I .... \ . r« n f I \\ ?a'.t U l« 'A .... add m ull to .>nc s iniowiit m of .1 meal. When • Mm r,, ... ji J .K,.r < V I ., K : I this all h.ippins.ir briaklasi and the damsel adds Ah. ... 1 Jfir I |( Mill 'II lliisiit«‘ss lliiiriiu I 1 11 »t .1 pre-breakfast iigarcttt, and another during the * M ...n | A 11,1'" K I) M.u R.ic- \\ p K ,,,! meal, leaving die red -smeared stubs in the C Iv.lr M.n-ill saucer, we think it is tune lo protest. The pub­ (inniiinis lic spend c 11 ■ Hiuli t..r m an, ins and tobacco to 1. u ..f k rebuild tin \t\\ o o i w.it So vve offer this > F H * ............. • ‘ , ■■■ K < s • , . as one pl.u t to rt trc m h 1 :1 li i « •. W I) K< ,1 « ......... v 11 ,'1" I v 1 h i, A v k w n| the iimbs lined up in the I'ustu cnliiii («• I lilirii O mii M K II. -n I In.M. 11, State hi|uoi stoics makes one wonder if anyone L T Mi N. iilut. \ is going to have mom \ lift to buy w ar bonds. I’llhlii- l( <■ I (i I Iiiiih A \ \ I ! < 1. .................. -And a:Min v\ 1 ii.,u whim; ruls, making more .11,.. I’ul.lir Ilfnltll .Mill S;i||ll;i(|»l. montv tli.m t\<! bt fun, t ,m lung the spirit of i V. I . „ .1........... iccklc'sm ss .in,j spt nd 1 ng tin it earnings for hard > * *...... I M............... , I.1I.1111 » liLjuorat rim, ,li ill.u s t n niort a tjuart. This, of I K I-. ■■■ 1. tourse, IS w.H tlint hvsnria l ast w ar we had 1-i-UtsliiOi v « I I nr, I . 1 ......... fifteen dollar silk shins ( enainly, this is tin 1 1 "■ 1 , 1 , 1 h m i. argument fm i.iscs .it tin soune. which we w ill have this \ ( ,u I A lltel I ii I ii mm 11 ( Shortage ,.| man powti I .Mu Rickenbacher I Ii Mi,.| U if,.,,. recently said. ,mt ihe ih.it if we could get the bins limn ( madali anal in the industries, I W 1.nil.I MM they Would double the piodutiioti, meaning, of « K-li M l, III >1«llll..| S || | || lourse. that tin pit sent t it vv s in our production 1 uni •■ml 1 l.il.l ||, plants w e r e ,,1|( t>t,|v as m uch WOfk a' they might M.my ol us have been unable to unucrstand tin system use,I in the shipyards it II I III III S(M|| 11 a,rl'l'," t I’1'""', "i «liuh seven men stand I .In.., I'll.Ill, .1 M.I,Ml,, | (< omuiued on pagt. 17 ) BULLETIN of the P i e r c e C o u n t y M e d ic a l S o c ie t y 3 Medical History . As You Like It! The Origin of the Caduceus. From as far back posed to the military. A somewhat similar form as Greek antiquity, and even in Biblical times, of this caduceus was also used as the staff of the snake has been used as a symbol of medicine Hermes, who was god of many things, such as and health. Presumably it was because the prin­ the wind and air, as well as robbers, thieves ciple of life was represented by the serpent with and traitors, and guide of souls to Hades. Some its ability periodically to cast off its skin and have facetiously suggested that from this latter apparently renew its youth. Accordingly, tamed duty of Hermes the caduceus came to symbolize snakes were used in the temple of Aesculapius the medical profession. for the psychic effect and also to lick wounds Just exactly how the winged caduceus, which of the patients. Aesculapius, the Grecian god has no legendary association with medicine, of medicine, is always represented as carrying a came to represent the profession is not known. heavy, rough staff with a single serpent en­ It is thought, however, that certain medical twined about it— the staff for walking and the printers used it as a part of their frontpieces serpent as a symbol of medical knowledge or to show the unity between medicine and letters healing powers. as indicated by the two entwined snakes. From this it was probably misrepresented as being an The winged caduceus used today as the em­ emblem of medicine and later incorporated on blem of the medical profession is a light wand the insignia of the U. S. Army Medical Corps— with a pair of wings at the top and having two its misuse being practically assured from then on snakes entwined about the wand. It was orig­ inally the wand of Mercury, messenger of the No matter how widespread its use, however, the winged caduceus with two entwined snakes Gods, and later symbolized the peaceful conduc­ is actually not a symbol of the medical profes­ tion of business—the mercantile world as op- sion. The only true emblem is the rough staff with a single serpent, the staff of Aesculapius, god of medicine. "I he B etierW a y” REFERENCES Arnold, H. L., Serpent-Emblems of Medicine, TACOMA MAUSOLEUM Mich. M. Soc. 36:157, March, ’37. South 53rd & Alder St. GA. 7562 The Jour, of the La. State Univ. School of Crematory MAUSOLEUM Columbarium Medicine, Vol. Ill, No. 2, Aug. ’42. — From the Connecticut State Medical Journal. SCOTTS LUNCH RIGGS OPTICAL CO. The Place Where A ll The Ri Rx Rx Rx Rx Doctors Eat Optical Prescriptions Established in 54 Cities * FIRST FLOOR ☆ MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING Tacoma, Washington MEDICAL ARTS BLDG. TACOMA 4 BULLETIN of the Pierce County M edical Society Lundberg Drug Co. W. 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