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Phthisis Phthysis

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

~ PHTHISIS  or
~ PHTHYSIS  id+ | WASTE AWAY |
            as in  see> PINE AWAY
  sp PTISIS and even TISIS
  med> WASTING DISEASE PRIMARILY TUBERCULOSIS or TBC
  hx> BEFORE THE EXACT CAUSE OF TBC WAS KNOWN ONE
      OF THE KEY SIGN WAS BODY "WASTING"

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