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Ethane Ethanol Ether
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


~ ETHANE  sc> biol> HYDROCARBON or
                    ET for 2 CARBON and HYDROGEN CHAIN
~ ETHANOL id+ | GRAIN or CEREAL and PATATOE ALCOHOL | or
^u        ukr SPIRT or ALCOHOL or SPIRIT
     id+ | LIQUID THAT EVAPORATES |
     biol> 2 CARBON CHAIN WITH ALCOHOL GROUP or
           3HC-HCHOH or
           CLEAR FLAMABLE WATER SOLUBLE LIQUID
     hx> POPULAR CEREBRAL INTOXICANT mostly
     id+ | SOCIAL LUBRICANT via
           INHIBITOR of INHIBITIONS |
     med> A TERATOGEN or MAJOR CAUSE OF
          FETAL MALDEVELOPMENT  see> BIRTH DEFECT
         see> TERATOGEN
         see> ALCOHOL
~ ETHER  id+ | PURE AIR |
         gr AETHER
            AITHEIN = TO KINDLE or BURN
         ply> | NO ETHER or AIR
                NO LIFE     NO FIRE
  ETHEREAL my imply
  AIR         CELESTIAL
  LIGHT       DAYLIGHT
  INVISIBLE   SPIRITUAL
  INTANGIBLE  UNREAL
  ply> | MODERN CITIES MAY BE
         SO POLLUTED AS TO LACK ETHER |
  myth> the siblings HEMERA and ETHER WERE
        CREATED AS BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN OF
  EREBUS & NYX
  ETHER WAS THE GREEK DEITY OF LIGHT AND
  OF THE CLEAR SKY
  HEMERA WAS THE EMBLEM OF DAY
  sug> DIA DIAL DIAPHANOUS
  hx> THE ANCIENTS CONSIDERED ETHER
      AS AN IMAGINARY SUBSTANCE FILLING ALL SPACE
  sc> ORGANIC GAS COMPOUND FROM A REACTION BETWEEN
      SULFURIC ACID AND ETHYL ALCOHOL
  med> A SUPERB NAME FOR
       ONE OF THE FIRST AND SAFEST ANESTHETICS
  A MAGIC AIR LIKE GAS THAT
  TRANSPORTS THE PATIENT TO UNREALITY AND
  FREES HIS MORTALITY FROM CONSCIOUSNESS AND PAI
 
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