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Epidemic Epidemiology Patterns Sample Population People
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


~ EPIDEMIC    id+ | AMONG THE PEOPLE or POPULATION |
              gr    DEMOS  = PEOPLE
                 EPIDEMIOS   PREVALENCE AMONG PEOPLE
              med> EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF INSTANCES
                   IN A POPULATION FORMERLY MOSTLY
                INFECTIONS BUT INCREASINGLY OF
                CANCER  BIRTH DEFECTS  INTOXICATIONS
~ EPIDEMIOLOGY  id+ | STUDY OF POPULATIONS |
                med> SCIENCE CONCERNED WITH FACTORS
                     DETERMINING DISEASES INCLUDING
  POSSIBLE CAUSES AND PATTERNS AMONG
  POPULATIONS
  sc> EPIDEMIOLOGY IS THE SCIENCE TO COLLECT ANALYZE AND
      INTERPRET DATA ABOUT POPULATIONS IN GENERAL
  sug> SAMPLE 
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