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Diabetes
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

~ DIABETES  id+ | EXCESS OF PASSING URINE |
            gr  DIABAINEIN = TO PASS THROUGH or
            lat DIABETES     A WATER PIPE
  med> DISEASE INDUCED BY A FAILURE OF
       INSULIN ACTION or another less common cause is
  LACK OF ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE ACTION
  BOTH RESULT IN EXCESSIVE " PASS THROUGH " OF URINE
  note OTHER " PASS THROUGH " CONCEPTS
       derived from " DIA " as in
  DIALYSIS
  DIARRHEA
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