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Epiglottis
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

~ EPIGLOTTIS  id+ | ABOVE THE TONGUE |
              not exaclty     see> GLOTTIS
  med> A CARTILAGE PROTRUDING FROM THE
       POSTERIOR END OF THE TONGUE
  WHEN SWALLOWING THE TONGUE PUSHES BACKWARD
  THE EPIGLOTIS WHICH CLOSES THE LARYX
  AS A FLAP TO INSURE THE FOOD SWALLOWED
  IS DIVERTED BACKWARDS TOWARD THE ESOPHAGUS
  EPIGLOTTITIS IS A SERIOUS AND AT TIMES FATAL
  EPIGLOTTITIC INFLAMATORY RPOCESS
  continue see> GLUT

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