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	The emblem  
						of the Royal Thai 
						
						
						Army 
	Medical Department  
	(fig.) 
	is coined on the Rod of Asclepius, the serpent-entwined pole associated with 
	healing and medicine, and consists of a 
	
	
	vajra-like 
	torch entwined by two 
	
	
	nagas
	
	(fig.) 
	encircled by a 
	
	
        chakra 
	(fig.), 
	an emblem of the 
	
	
        Chakri
	
	Dynasty. 
						
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