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Hello, I am Ayu, I am a medical student in Udayana University. It's the first time I make blog about my profession. I hope through this media, I can share with you about medicine.

As the beginning, I'll show you about Famous Medical Stories.

Aesclapeus & Caudecus
Pronounced /æsˈkliːpiəs/; Greek Ἀσκληπιός Asklēpiós [askliːpiós]; Latin Aesculapius
Aesculapius: is a stick with the snake curled around it is the staff (the rod) of Aesculapius (also called Asklepios), the ancient god of medicine. His Greek name was Asklepios and his Roman name Aesculapius.

In reality, Asklepios is a god of medicine and healing in Greek Ancient Time who was renowned for his gentle, humane remedies and his humane treatment of the mentally ill. His followers established temples called asclepions, temples of Asklepios, temples of healing. The greatest asklepion was in a grove of trees south of Corinth, Greece where the sick had to spend a night while the proper remedies were revealed during a dream to the priests of the temple and the cured had to make a suitable sacrifice (usually a rooster) to the god.

According to mythology, Asculapius had a number of children including Hygieia, the goddess of health (from whose name comes the word "hygiene") and Panaceia, the godess of healing (from whose name comes the word "panacea" for a universal remedy).

Today, the staff of Aesculapius is a commonly used symbol of medicine. It is the symbol of the American Medical Association (AMA) and many other medical societies.

This is God Aeusculapius

This is Aeusculapius Stick

This is Caduceus, logo of Indonesian Medical Society

Hippocrates

Greek: Ἱπποκράτης;

Hippocrates of Cos or Hippokrates of Kos (ca. 460 BC – ca. 370 BC)

Hippokrátēs was an ancient Greek physician of the Age of Pericles (Classical Athens), and is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is referred to as the Western father of medicine in recognition of his lasting contributions to the field as the founder of the Hippocratic School of medicine. This intellectual school revolutionized medicine in ancient Greece, establishing it as a discipline distinct from other fields that it had traditionally been associated with (notably theurgy and philosophy), thus making medicine a profession.

This is Hippocrates, Father of Medicine


Refferences:
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6985
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hippocrates