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Amelia Ameila
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

~ AMELIA  id+ | LACKING LIMBS |
          gr MELOS = LIMB
  med> CONGENITAL  ABSENCE OF A LIMB
       MEROMELIA   MISSING A PART OF A LIMB
       PHOCOMELIA  SEAL LIKE LIMBS
  see> MERO~  see> MEROMELIA
  see> PHOCO~ see> PHOCOMELIA
  note AMELIORATE below
 
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