Badges and Terms

Lee Forgue eilis at haas.berkeley.edu
Thu Jun 19 09:30:27 PDT 1997


At 06:19 PM 6/18/97 -0500, Joel Schumacher wrote:
>First off, I'm supposed to know that this "chiurgeon" sign I've passed by
>several times (while looking for "first aid") is what I need.
    <much snippage>
>Why not the universally recognized red cross?  (Especially for something as 
>serious as first aid).

The first badge registered for the Chirurgeons (which featured a red cross)
was withdrawn and redesigned after it was pointed out that it was almost
identical to the badge of a "?Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan?" (not sure
of the exact title).

The second badge for the Chirurgeons also featured a red cross, and was
withdrawn after it was discovered that the Red Cross International was
vehement about pursuing trademark infringement (and had become aware of our
use of something resembling their symbol when an SCA chirurgeon who also
worked in a medical capacity wore SCA regalia to an international Red Cross
conference -- we were asked to stop using the Red Cross at that time).

The third badge is the one we currently use -- the upside down "2" is a
fleam, a period surgical bloodletting instrument.

  --- eilis o'boirne (not a chirurgeon, but a herald for way too long!)





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