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Boil Bulla Bubble Blister Furuncle Carbuncle

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

~ BOIL  sc> POINT WHEN A LIQUID WILL
            PASS TO A VAPOR PHASE
  eng BOIL from               sug> EVAPORATE
  lat BULLIRE = TO BOIL       sug> EMBROIL
      BULLA     BUBBLE        sug> IMBROGLIO
  sp  BULLA     NOISE         sug> FIGHT
      BULLIR    BOIL
      HERVIR    BOIL
  med> BLISTER OFTEN WITH A CORE OF PUS
       DUE TO PUTREFACTION OF INFLAMED TISSUES
  see> FURUNCLE    see> PUS     see> CARBUNCLE

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