may look like a monolithic status symbol to those of us on the outside of the profession, but on the inside, the variations in white-coat style mark the difference between grunt and medical ...

The medical symbol of serpents wrapped around a staff ... and it is entwined with two white ribbons. The ribbons were later replaced by serpents, as one story tells that Hermes used the stick ...

The white coat is one of the most visible symbols of the health care profession. At the ceremony, TTUHSC academic medical community members cloaked each of the 182 students with their first white ...