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Elf Elfin Leprechaun Leprechaunism

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

~ ELF    synonym OAF
~ ELFIN  id+ | IDIOT CRETIN
               note that
     CRETINS HAVE ABNORMAL FACIAL FEATURES AND
     A SMALLER BODY SIZE    see> LEPRECHAUN
     med> FACIES or a FACE CHARACTERIZED BY
          WIDE SET EYES or OCULAR HYPERTELORISM
  PLUS HIRSUTISM or EXCESS OF FACIAL HAIR WHICH
  ARE FEATURES OF see> LEPRECHAUNISM

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