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Kyphosis
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

~ KYPHOSIS  id+ | BENDING |
            from
  gr KUPHOS = BENT FORWARD or
              HUMP
  see> SCOLIOSIS
  med> ABNORNAL ANGLE as per
       FORWARD BOWING of the DORSAL SPINE
  ply> | TIME AND GODS BEND |
  see> HUMP   see> LORDOSIS  see> CUBE
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