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Diabolic
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

~ DIABOLIC  id+ | TO SPREAD or PASS ALONG |
                  also CALLOUS CALUMY or
                       SLANDER
  implies DEMON     DEVIL
          FIENDISH  WICKED
  gr DIABOLOS  = DEVIL
     DIA         ACROSS  PASS THROUGH
        BOLLO    HURL  BULLET  BALL  CUD
                 sug> BALLISTIC
  ukr   CHORT    DEVIL
        CHRONO   BLACK  DARK
  med> BOLUS or a ROUND or BALL LIKE
       often refers to a BOLLUS OF FOOD
  note METABOLISM
  ply>| LIKE A BULLET
        THE SPHERE OF A DEVIL
        CAN PASS THROUGH OUR ORBIT |
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