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Comedo
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



~ COMEDO  id+ | SKIN PIMPLE |
          id+ | ACNE LESIONS |
  med>  SKIN NODULE DUE TO
        A PLUG OF DIRT or
  FATTY MATTER
  vern> BLACK HEAD
  lat COMEDERE  =  from
      COM
         EDERE     EAT
                   DEVOUR
  sp  COM  IDA     MEAL
      COMEDOR      DINING ROOM or PLACE FOR EATING
  ply> | PERHAPS IDEAS OF FAT EATING GREASE DIRT PIMPS AND
         PIMPLES RESIDE IN THE SAME IDEOLOGICAL NEIGHBORHOOD |
 
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