| Description Of Item | Practice of Medicine Awarded to A M Watcon. Session 1896-7 from R W Philip, MD, Lecturer. The medal shows a woman dressed in classical robes with an owl at her feet. The owl represents the Roman goddess Minerva or her Greek equivalent Athena, who was the goddess of wisdom. There is also a snake coiled around an urn. A coiled snake is associated with medicine and especially the Greek god of healing, Asklepios. |