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Carbuncle Carbon
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

~ CARBO  id+ | BOILING BOIL ALIKE TO LIT CARBON |
         med> VERY RED
              VERY HOT
              VERY HARD
              VERY EDEMATOUS
              VERY PAINFUL with a
              VERY BLACK CORE ESCHAR
              A SIGN OF see> ANTRHAX
~ CARBON      lat CARBO = COAL  see> ANTHRACITE
~ CARBONERO   hx> BASQUE EQUIVALENT TO
                  SAINT NICHOLAS or ST KLAUS
     or SANTA CLAUS or THE THREE KINGS and
     BRINGS GIFTS TO CHILDREN DURING
              THE CHRISTMAS SEASON
~ CARBUNCLE   lat CARBUNCULUS = LITTLE COAL
~ CARBUNCO    in sp for id+ | LIKE A LITTLE LIT CARBON |
              id+ | CHARCOAL RED AND BLACK HOT BOIL |
     see> ANTHRAX  see> PUSTULE  see> FURUNCLE
     denotes RED AND BLACK AS A BURNING COAL or BRAND
     also A GARNET
          A DEEP RED GEM
     med> A PUS BEARING RED BOIL or PIMPLE or
     sug> RED and INFLAMED
              see> ANTRAX
              from LITTLE CARBON  as in CARBO = CARBON
~ CARBURATOR  alt prefered spelling see> CARBURETOR
~ CARBURET    MIX or CHARGE WITH AIR AND CARBON COMPOUNDS
              TO INCREASE COMBUSTION
~ CARBURETOR  implies TO BURN CARBON
              DEVISE or DEVICE FOR MAKING GASOLINE SPRAY WITH AIR
  USED IN EXPLOSION DRIVEN or INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
  in sp vern CARBURAR = CONSUME  BURN  FUNCTION WELL
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