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Skull
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


~ SKULL  id+ | CUP LIKE
               HARD BONY CONTAINER or
               SHIELD or CASE | or
  old ger       SCALA   = SCALE  SEA SHELL
  old Bulgarian SKOLIKA   MUSSELL
  gr            SKALLEIN  TO DIG and leads to
  old Saxon     SCILD     SHIELD
  old Norse     SKEL      SCALE LIKE
  gr           ENCEPHALON or CEPHALIC BODY END
  hx> SKOAL or to TOAST BY
      DRINKING from a
      SKULL
  med> biol> CRANIUM or CALVARIUM or
             MEMBRANOUS BONES covering
  see> SKELETON  OSTEOLOGY  BONE
 
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