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Alopecia
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ ALOPECIA  id+ | LACK OF HAIR |
            BALD or BARE or HAIRLESS SKIN
  opposite see> HIRSUTE or
           see> HAIR or HAIRY
  med> BALDNESS IS COMMON IN MEN AND FOXES
  lat  ALOPECIA = FOX MANGE or
  gr   ALOPEKIA   or
       ALOPEX     from
  lat   LUPUS     WOLF
      VULPEX      RED FOX  also
  lat  GLABELLUS  HAIRLESS
  see> GLABELLA   ***
  biol> med> HAIR LOSS IS
             COMMON AMONG FOXES
 
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