The Caduceus Foundation was founded in 1912 when pharmaceutical giant Joshua Meadham sold the empire he had built up over the previous thirty years and used the proceeds to fund a charitable organization devoted to providing emergency medical care across the globe. Of particular interest to Meadham was helping those affected by epidemics, natural disasters, and war.
Meadham, a New York industrialist, named his organization Caduceus (pronounced cad-OO-see-us or cad-U-see-us) after the staff of Hermes and headquartered it on the east side of Manhattan in the Meadham Building on Park Row. At the time of its construction, the Meadham Building, at eighteen stories, was one of the tallest buildings in New York City, accentuated by the large dome that topped it.
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The Two-Headed Serpent
