Welcome to the Peter Bent
Brigham School of Nursing Alumni Association!
Upcoming Events
Alumni Day
Saturday October 2, 2010
in Carrie Hall
at Brigham and Women's Hospital
FEATURED TOPIC
Genetics in Cancer Care
featuring
Dr Elena Stoffel, M.D.
Department of Gastroenterology
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
and
Katherine Schneider, MPH, CGC
Senior Genetic Counselor
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Board of Directors
2010 Schedule of Meetings
January 12
February 9
March 9
April 13
May 11
June 8
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
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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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