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Heel
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

~ HEEL  id+ | ROUND PROTRUSION |
        see> HIP  for etymology see> COXA
  old eng HELA
          HOH
          HIEL
  id+  | HOOK LIKE |
  currently it denotes
  HIND OF THE FOOT or SHOE
  see> THALLUS   sug> RETALIATE
  ply> | perhaps RETALIATION is HEALING by HEELS |
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