Mea culpa: the sovereign is holding Hermes's caduceus when he should be holding of the rod of Asclepius (it is the latter that was originally associated with health and medicine). As for the mask, remember Chapter XVI, which explains that the word "person" derives from the Latin word for “a disguise,” and "more particularly that part of it which disguiseth the face, as a mask or vizard..."
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Mea culpa: the sovereign is holding Hermes's caduceus when he should be holding of the rod of Asclepius (it is the latter that was originally associated with health and medicine). As for the mask, remember Chapter XVI, which explains that the word "person" derives from the Latin word for “a disguise,” and "more particularly that part of it which disguiseth the face, as a mask or vizard..."
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