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By inking the universal medical symbol on their bodies, ... Medic Alert bracelets are emblazoned with the medical caduceus emblem and quickly notify emergency responders of a patient's condition.

The symbol has continued to be used in modern times, where it is associated with medicine and health care, yet frequently confused with the staff of the god Hermes, the caduceus.

Pointing out that even doctors in the United States were wrongly using Caduceus as a symbol of medicine for long, he said that the mistake had been corrected now.