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About the Institutes Insignia
The foundation of the Institute in
London has been represented by incorporating the two hunting
horns taken from the coat of arms of the family of John and
William Hunter, who were the founders of the Hunterian
Museum of Anatomy, at the Royal College of Surgeons of
England.
These two horns support the cartouche of Tutankhamen,
depicted in name by the Egyptian Hieroglyphics. These link
our provincial membership with that of the late Ronald
Harrison, Derby Professor of Anatomy at the University of
Liverpool, commemorating his past Presidency of the
Institute of Science Technology and for his dedication and
concern for the further education of technicians employed at
Universities throughout the United Kingdom. Also his valued
use of paramedical aids for his research in anatomy as
Professor of Egyptology bestowed on him by the University of
Cairo.
The Institute colours are represented by the national
colours of Germany, black, gold and red, acknowledging the
German anatomists whose museum techniques have been used and
modified over the past century as teaching aids for anatomy
and pathology.
Finally, the staff and serpent of Aesculapius, the Greek God
of Healing, symbolise our international link with medicine,
and the Egyptian funeral mask which surmounts the Insignia
cartouche, portraying our historical heritage with the
ancient Egyptian techniques.
JTF Fish (Late Chairman/Secretary of the IAS)
(This article first appeared in the IAS Journal No.2, March
1987).
Insignia redrawn Jan. 1999 - P. Williams
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