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Furuncle Boil Thief Ferret Anthrax
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

~ FURUNCLE  id+ | PAINFUL SKIN NODE |
            ply> | A BOILING BOIL |
  from      id+ | KNOB ON A VINE |
        which robs the sap from main branches
  lat   FURUS = THIEF
        FURON   FERRET
  med> INFECTION OF A HAIR FOLLICLE
       MOST OFTEN BY STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CAUSING
  A CORE OF NECROSIS or CELL DEATH
  IN ANTHRAX THE FURUNCLE IS VERY HARD VERY RED AND
  DEVELOPS A VERY BLACK CORE or ESCHAR
  like a BURNING COAL or
  see> CARBO
  see> ANTHRAX
  see> PUS 
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