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Hallucination
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

~ HALLUCINATION  id+ | WANDERING MIND |
                 id+ | HOMELESS PERCEPTIONS |
  as if AMBULATORY    sug> AMBULANCE
  is somewhat akin to see> ALLEGORY
  note modern implication implies WHILE AWAKE
  note etymology pointing to
  gr ALEYIN = ALLEY ALLEYWAY
     ALE      implies HOMELESS
  med> PERCEPTIONS WITHOUT DISCERNIBLE
       EXTERNAL SOURCE AND
  WITHOUT MAJOR DISRUPTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
  note UNRELATED TO see> SLEEP or see> DREAM
  HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS eg LSD cause such effects
  for contrast see> DELIRIUM
 
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