DEAR DOCTOR:—Many thanks. You ought to enlarge the article to a little book. It interested me greatly. In a _bas-relief_ of myself by St. Gaudens, New York, he has set beside the head the caduceus and twin serpents as symbolical; at all events, they will symbolize my relation to snakes. Yours truly, WEIR MITCHELL. 1524 WALNUT ST., PHILA. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23, 1884. DR. T. S. SOZINSKEY: MY DEAR DOCTOR:—I write to thank you for a copy of your interesting and instructive paper on “Medical Symbolism.” In Fergusson, on “Tree and Serpent Worship,” which you quote, you can readily trace the connection between the emblems of religion and medicine. I recognize that, as priest and physician were once the same person, medicine is yet justly termed “the divine art.” It affords me much pleasure to see your studious interest in your profession. Yours truly, HENRY H. SMITH. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE DEDICATION, iii PREFACE, v BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF T. S. SOZINSKEY, M.D., PH.D., vii COMMENDATORY LETTERS, ix CHAPTER I. REMARKS ON THE MEANING OF SYMBOLS, 1 CHAPTER II. THE SERPENTINE GOD OF MEDICINE AT ROME, 5 CHAPTER III. THE ÆSCULAPIAN SERPENT, 13 CHAPTER IV. THE EPIDAURIAN ORACLE, 17 CHAPTER V. ASCLEPIA AND THE ASCLEPIADES, 23 CHAPTER VI. THE GRECIAN GOD OF MEDICINE, 31 CHAPTER VII. THE IMAGE OF ÆSCULAPIUS, 45 CHAPTER VIII. THE ÆSCULAPIAN STAFF AND SERPENT, 49 CHAPTER IX. ÆSCULAPIUS AND THE SERPENT, 59 CHAPTER X. VARIOUS ATTRIBUTES OF ÆSCULAPIUS, 83 CHAPTER XI. GODS ANALOGOUS TO ÆSCULAPIUS, 89 CHAPTER XII. THE PINE-CONE AS AN ATTRIBUTE OF ÆSCULAPIUS, 111 CHAPTER XIII. DIBBARA, A GOD OF PESTILENCE, 119 CHAPTER XIV. HYGEIA, THE GODDESS OF HEALTH, 123