Academy of Medical Sciences of I.R. Iran Archives of Iranian Medicine 1029-2977 13 3 2010 05 01 Asclepius, Caduceus, and Simurgh as Medical Symbols Part II Simurgh 255 261 EN Touraj Nayernouri Journal Article In part one of this article I reviewed the history of Asclepius and the Caduceus of Hermes as medical symbols and made a tentative suggestion of using the mythical bird Simurgh as an Iranian symbol of medicine. In this, the second part, I shall describe the evolution of the myth of the Simurgh and discuss the medical relevance of this bird in Iranian history.