Welcome to the Peter Bent
Brigham School of Nursing Alumni Association!
Upcoming Events
Alumni Day
Alumni Day 2012
Saturday October 6, 2012
Carrie Hall Conference Room
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Featured Topic
TBD
Board of Directors
2012 Schedule of Meetings
January 10
February 14
March tbd
April 10
May 8
June 12
September 11
November 13
Reminder: Scholarship applications will be reviewed at the Board of Directors meetings in May and November.
Alumni: News and comments for the Alumni newsletter can be submitted to pbbhalumni@aol.com
The Board is requesting help producing the yearly
newsletter. Anyone interested in
helping should send their contact information to pbbhalumni@aol.com.
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Significance
of the School Pin
(seen above on the left)
The
cup or chalice represents medicine. The serpent has long been
famed as a symbol of wisdom and has held a prominent place
in the folklore of ancient countries. It was sacred to Aesculapius,
the God of Medicine.
It
is told that Aesculapius came in the form of a serpent to
Rome and drove out a plague which infested the city. Its association
with the cup is probably derived from the figure of Hygeia,
Goddess of Health (in mythology, a daughter of Aesculapius).
She is represented feeding a serpent from a dish.
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