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                Ideas in Words  
  Medical Humanities - Fine Arts - Bioethics 
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To: Esteemed Colleagues, Scholars, Educators, Students, Poets and others who may enjoy the beauty and elegance of ideas in words illustrated by fine arts. 
  
From: W. Wertelecki M.D. 

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	   Rhinophyma Rosacea Rhodopsin


Some poets stress that ROSES are RED but in Spanish a ROSA means ROSADO or pink. RED in Latin is RUBOR as in RUBRIC ... RED, in Greek is RHODO ... like RHODES, RHODOPE and RHODOPSIN ... RHODOpe refers to the red mountainous region where ORPHEUS found peace. RHODOPSIN is the photosensitive layer of the retina of the eye. ROSAceous or ROSACEA refers to a condition manifesting in older men as excessively ROSY noses. The ROSAcea process may evolve into RHINOPHYMA ... ROSEOLA is a "measles like" ... known as erythema  subitum. ... RUBEOLA and RUBELLA refer to two "measles like" red rashes or exanthemas. ... when it infects the fetus ... Rubella is a major TERATOGEN ...


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Works by Ghirlandaio, van Cleve, Theotokopoulos ...

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