Snake as a Symbol of Medicine: A story from Mysterious Healing Centre of Asklepion in Pergamon Ancient City
A patient whose disease is not known comes to Asklepion (Healing Centre) in Pergamon Ancient City and can not be cured here.Because the disease is not diagnosed.
When death approaches, it is understood that the patient is poisoned. But it’s too late for everything. There would be no death in the Asklepion Structure, so the family of the patient would be called and removed from Asklepion to be delivered to the family at the end of the sacred path. The patient falls down and sees two snakes on the ground. The two snakes are at the top of a bowl of milk, and as if they were crazy, they poured their poisons into the milk.
The man drink poison-filled milk with the thought of dying quickly.
When the family finds the man, they think he’s dead. But after a while, the man gets up and starts to wander around, shouting healing. Thus, the first antidote is found. That is the logo with the serpent stones coming from this story.
