And, fundamentally, I don't disagree with the RC (cross or crystal)
'sticking around' (although 3000 years is stretching the suspenders a bit);
I just need to avoid it for all of the modern mundane legal reasons.
The ankh is roughly 5000 years old ... but yes, I recognise that your request was made for pragmatic 2019 reasons!
The idea I had, after the "upward T" was floated, can be found at
https://www.freelancetraveller.com/images/red-ankh.png
YES! That's exactly what I had in mind. Until I saw your rendition, I had not appreciated how the lower side of the Crystal lined up with the arms of the "upward T". It also is reminiscent of the "othila" rune, which symbolises "heritage".
>As a completely different option - how about a simplified immunoglobulin
>monomer structure, the 4-part "Y"?
>http://www.biology.arizona.edu/immunology/tutorials/antibody/structure.html
An interesting shape; perhaps a symbol for specifically pharmacology/
pharmacy, the way the Star of Life is for emergency medicine?
Hmmm. In the medical field, I think the "4-part Y" would better correlate with endogenous sources of health (ie. one's own immune system) than exogenous pharmaceuticals. Perhaps public health organisations (which correlate to the immune system of society as a whole)? Whatever is the Imperial equivalent of the WHO? (Perhaps imposed on a sunburst.)
Cheers,
Ken