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             Pandora's Word Box 
               Ideas in Words  
         Medicine Arts and Sciences 
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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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               Pale Livid Anemia     

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PALe or in Latin PALlidus implies "not bright", thus ANEmic like. The opposite is ANEMONE, a blood like bright red wild flower growing in WINDy areas. These are the "think words" rooted in Latin and Greek that gave rise to ANEMIA and related ideas in PALLOR, SHORTNESS OF WIND or BREATH, LIVID and MALARIA or PALUDISM. Anemone also reminds us of VENUS and her profound love for Adonis to whom this flower is dedicated.

The link of PALe with ANEMIC is not only evident in Greek and Latin but in Ukrainian and German as well - note BLID, BLUT and BLUMEN for pallor, blood and bloom ...

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Works by Bol, Velazquez, Rubens, van der Weyden and more.


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