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The Seal of the Medical University
of South Carolina
The University seal bears the name
of the Medical University of South
Carolina in abbreviated Latin and the date of its opening in 1824.
The
seal pictures a kneeling figure who is kindling a torch from a flame
on an
altar, on which is inscribed Deo Salutifero, "to the health-bringing
god."
Ovid uses the adjective Salutifer to refer to Aesculapius, god of
medicine.
Above the figure can be seen the rays of the sun which symbolize
Apollo,
god of the sun and of healing, and father of Aesculapius. Finally,
the
inscription, Auget Largiendo, freely translated means "She
(the college)
enriches by giving generously.
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