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I wonder if there's any connection to the snake on a staff widely used as a symbol of medicine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_Asclepius

It which case its origin may be a representation of the treatment for guinea worm.

I find it odd medical organizations in the USA use the symbol of the caduceus not the Rod of Asclepius I wonder how that came about.

I've read the caduceus is supposedly an ancient symbol or at least in some way connected to prostitution.

A bit of a faux pas to choose such a symbol!