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Ambulance Ambulant Ambulatory
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

~ AMBULANCE   id+ | MOTION |           sug> BALL
              med> VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT PATIENTS
~ AMBULANT    id+ | PEDESTRIAN or WALKING |
~ AMBULATORY  id+ | WALKING |
              note roots in
  lat AMBULARE = TO GO ABOUT    sug> PREAMBLE
      AMBI       BOTH SIDES     sug> AMBIENT
      AMBIRE     TO GO AROUND   see> MIDST
  sp  AMBIENTE   ENVIRONMENT
  eng AMBLE      WALK STRAT STRIDE
      AMBIENCE   ATMOSPHERE
  med> AMBULATORY or "WALKING PATIENTS"
       vs "IN (BED) or RECLINING PATIENTS
 
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