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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

~ ANCHOR  id+ | to impede MOTION as in TO FIXATE |
          as in to CATCH  to FIX  to MOOR  to RETAIN
  also to STIFFEN AN ARTICULATION
  med> NORMAL JOINTS or ARTICULATIONS HAVE MOTION thus
       are FLEXIBLE the opposite is ANCHORED or
  med>  ANKYLOSED  = STIFF and often BEND LIKE AN ANCHOR
        ANKYLOSIS    implies STIFFENED and
                     CROOKED
  gr    ANCHYLOS     HOOK LIKE ANCHOR
        ANKYRA       ANCHOR HOOK
  biol> ANKYLOSTOMA  HOOKWORM
  med>  ANKLE        note
  ukr   IAKYR        ANCHOR or
  sp    ANCLA        ANCHOR
          CLAVO      NAIL
          CLAVADO    NAILED or STUCK
        ESCLAVO      SLAVE
  med>    CLAVICULA  NAIL LIKE COLLAR BONE
  med>  ANKYLO~      prefix for BENT  CROOKED  STIFF
  cont> see> ~ ANKYLO

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