The dove bearing an olive branch represents the peace produced by the physician's skill and the pharmacist's art. The aloe is an ancient drug, which was popular at the time (and which is finding new - if not medicinal - uses today).
| The Galen Lodge Arms and Banner | |
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The Lodge Arms are a version of grant of Arms of the Royal
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, themselves based on the emblem on
the Society's former Diploma. One of the earliest descriptions of this was
included in the Pharmaceutical Journal in 1841.
The dove bearing an olive branch represents the peace produced by the physician's skill and the pharmacist's art. The aloe is an ancient drug, which was popular at the time (and which is finding new - if not medicinal - uses today). |
| The serpent and staff represent the emblem of Aesculapius, the god of healing. The alembic in the fourth quarter of the shield is an early form of still. On the cross is a balance, which together with the alembic represents the profession of pharmacy. Surmounting the four quarters is a stag, since Stag's horn (hartshorn) was an important part of the materia medica of the time. Spirits of hartshorn is an obsolete name for solution of ammonia. The supporting figure on the right is Avicenna; that on the left is Galen. The crest, a mortar and pestle, needs no comment. |  |
| The accepted translation of the
Latin motto is We must pay attention to health.
The Lodge Banner was presented by W Bro H Jones and was
dedicated by The two sleeves of the banner show all the past Masters of Galen Lodge. College Of Heralds official description of the Grant of Arms Arms Or, on a Cross Gules between a Dove holding in the mouth an Olive Branch in the First Quarter, an Aloe in the Second, a staff erect entwined by a Serpent in the Third, and an Alembic and Receiver in the Fourth, all proper - a pair of Scales of the First: on a Chief Azure a stag lodged also of the First. Crest On a Wreath of the Colours, A Mortar therein a Pestle, Or. Motto Habenda Ratio Valetudinis. Supporters On the Dexter Side a Figure intended to represent Avicenna habited in a dark red Robe, with a white under Vest, his Shoes red, around his waist a Shawl also red, fringed gold, and upon his head a white Turban; in his right hand a Staff gold, entwined with a serpent proper. And upon the Sinister a Figure intended to represent Galen, habited in a long white Vest and loose Robe, his Sandals red, and holding in his right hand a Steel-yard Or. From: The Pharmaceutical Journal, October 5, 1901. |
 on 8th February 2001 ©Copyright 2002-2004 Galen Lodge No. 2394 |