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Chelitis Cheilo Lip Cheilanthos Cheilophagia Cheilosis
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

~ CHEILITIS  med> INFLAMED LIPS
~ CHEILO     gr for LIP
             note compounds as
             CHEILANTHOS for FLOWER LIKE LIPS
                  ANTHOS for FLOWER
                sug> ANTHOLOGY
~ CHEILOPHAGIA  med> HABIT OF BITING THE LIPS
~ CHEILOSIS     med> CHAPPING AND FISSURING OF LIPS 
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