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Tegument
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

~ TEGUMENT  id+ | med> pertaining to the SKIN |
            id+ | OUTER MEMBRANE or COVER or LINING or COAT |
            id+ | LINING  TISSUE  TEXTILE  TILE  ROOF | from
  sp   TEGUMENTO = SKIN
  lat  TEGERE      TO COVER
  sp   TAPETE      RUG
       TAPAR       TO COVER
       TELA        or
       TEJIDO      TEXTILE
       TECHO       ROOF
                   points to
  eng  TECHNOLOGY  for full etymology
  see> TECHNIC     sug> ARCHITECT
  med> CUTIS       or
  see> SKIN        sug> ECTODERM
  see> PELT        sug> LEATHER
  see> FUR         sug> HAIR
  see> HIDE        sug> DERMIS

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