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Lung
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

~ LUNG  id+ | LIGHT like a LEAF | see> PNEUMATIC
^u      id+ | AIRY  LIGHT  SLIGHT |
  formerly called
  "THE LIGHTS" as in
  ukr LEHKI  = LUNG also
               LIGHTWEIGHT
  biol>        THE ONLY ORGAN THAT FLOATED
  gr  PNEUMON  or     sug> PNEUMONIA
      PLEUMON  LUNG   sug> PLEURISY
  lat PULMO           sug> PULMONARY
  ply> | LUNGS ELEVATE or LIFT THE CHEST |
  med> RESPIRATORY ORGAN FOR THE AERATION or
       OXYGENATION OF BLOOD WHICH OCCURS IN THE
  ALVEOLI   see> ALVEOLUS
  sug> ANTHRACOSIS or  BLACK LUNG DISEASE
  sug> ATELECTASIS     COLLAPSED LUNGS
  sug> BUSSINOISIS     COTTON LUNG DISEASE
  sug> CREPITUS        DECREPID INFLAMED LUNGS
  sug> CLAVICLE        NAIL LIKE BONE PRONE TO
                       PUNCTURE THE LUNGS and cause
  sug> PNEUMOTHORAX    AIR IN THE CHEST CAVITY

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