Headless

The relief sculpture above the doorway depicts a figure with a staff entwined with a serpent - Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine, healing someone at his side. Unfortunately they have become headless due to vandalism.

On an interesting note, the rod of Asclepius has been widely confused with the caduceus in the United States. The caduceus is the short staff with two entwined snakes, often depicted with wings, and was carried by Hermes in Greek legends. Its usage was popularized in North America by the U.S. Army Medical Corps in 1902, when an officer insisted that the caduceus be included in the organization's emblem, but many commercial healthcare companies still use it to this day.

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