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Caduceus and/or Star of Life
Symbols of the medical Professions: Doctors and Physicians
on full-color, custom-decorated and personalized coffee gift mugs

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These " Caduceus" and/or "Star of Life"
Symbols of the medical Professions: Doctors and Physicians
gift mugs decorations are available for all our
Sublimation Coffee Gift Mugs
as well as our
Stainless-Steel Travel Mugs with Lid

We can add a one-line text below the decoration on one mug side or both, either above or below the Caduceus and or Star of Life symbols.
On mugs with a decoration on one side only we can add a photograph, logo, text or whatever you require on the other coffee mug side.

Caduceus: 
Symbolic staff surmounted by two wings and entwined with two snakes. Among the ancient Greeks the caduceus was carried by heralds and ambassadors as a badge of office and a mark of personal inviolability, because it was the symbol of Hermes, the messenger of the gods.
According to Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid, the Greek god Apollo gave the staff to Hermes in return for the lyre. In Roman mythology the symbol is associated with the god Mercury. The staff of Asclepius, the Greek god of healing, which was entwined by a single snake, was also called a caduceus.
The caduceus has been adopted as a symbol by the medical profession; it is also the emblem of the medical branches of the United States Army and Navy.

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Star of Life:
Each of the bars of the blue Star of Life represents the six system functions of emergency medical services. Six Points of the EMS System: Detection, Reporting, Response, On Scene Care, Care in Transit, Transfer to Definitive Care. The snake and the staff in the center of the Star of Life portray the staff of Asclepius who, according to Greek mythology, was the son of Apollo, the god of light, truth, and prophecy. According to legend, Asclepius learned the art of healing from Cheron, the centaur. But Zeus, king of the gods, was fearful that, with Asclepius' knowledge, men might be rendered immortal. Rather than have this occur, Zeus killed Asclepius with a thunderbolt. Asclepius was worshipped as a god and people slept in his temples, as it was rumored that, in death, he effected cures of prescribed remedies to the sick during their dreams. 
The Star of Life has been adopted as a symbol by the emergency medical services profession.