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Capill Capillary
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

~ CAPILL~    prefix for HAIR LIKE or THIN
~ CAPILLARY  id+ | VESSEL RESEMBLING A HAIR |
             or FILIFORM
    lat CAPILLARIS  = SCALP HAIR from
        CAPUT         HEAD
        CAPUT MEDUSA  SHAPED LIKE SNAKES
  sc>  SLENDER FILIFORM TUBE WITH A VERY SMALL BORE
  med> HAIR LIKE VESSEL CONNECTING THE ARTERIAL WITH THE
       VENOUS VASCULAR SYSTEMS
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