Moses creates the Caduceus
According to the Old Testament, the Caduceus was created by Moses at the command of the Lord.
This story takes place in Numbers 21: 4-9.
This story takes place in Numbers 21: 4-9.
The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived."
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%2021&version=NIV
The modern use of staff of Aesculapius started when The American Medical Association had the staff of Aesculapius as its symbol in 1910. The Royal Army Medical Corp, French Military Service, and other medical organizations had done the same.
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Even today the World Health Organization, Medical Council of India symbols have the staff of Aesculapius in them. US Army Medical Corps, the Public Health Service, and the US Marine Hospital however use the Caduceus largely as a result of the adoption of the Caduceus as its insignia by the US Army Medical Corps in 1902.
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Thus, it symbolizes administrative emblem, implying neutral and noncombatant status.
