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Lax Laxative Relax
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

~ LAX       see> LAG  LANGUID  SLACK
~ LAXATIVE  sug> RELAX
            med> AGENTS THAT SOFTEN STOOLS or FECES
  sp LAXO  note RELAJO RELAJADO = LOOSE
  note link of LAXATIVE with DIARRHEA and further
       DIA  or TRANS TRANSIT as in
  DIAPHORESIS  DIAPHRAGM  DIALYSIS etc 
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