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Lochia
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

~ LOCHIA  gr LEKHOS = BED    see> LOQUACIOUS
          med> LOCHIA DESCRIBES
  A VAGINAL DISCHARGE AFTER CHILDBIRTH
  LOCHIA ALBA or WHITE DISCHARGE IS NORMAL but
  LOCHIA CRUENTA or
  LOCHIA RUBRA   or
  LOCHIA SANGUINOLENTA PURULENTA are ONEROUS
  sp   ALBA    = WHITE or DAWN  sug> ALBINO
  lat  CRUOR     BLOOD          sug> STRAIN  STAIN
  sp   CRUENTO   BLOODY         sug> BLEEDING
  ger  BLUT      BLOOD          sug> BLOOM
  ukr  BLIDA     PALE           sug> ANEMIA
  sp   CRUDO     RAW            sug> CRUDE
       CRUEL     CRUEL          sug> COLD BLOODED
       RUBRO     RED RUDDY      sug> RUBICUND  RUBRIC
       SANGRE    BLOOD          sug> SANGUINE
       PUTRIDO   FOUL           sug> FETID
       PUS       PUTRID PUS     sug> PUSTULE
  lat  ONUS      BURDEN         sug> STIGMA
  skt  ANAS      DRAG           sug> TRAIN  WAGON
  ply> | LOCHIA LIKE A LECTOR CAN CALL FOR
         ELOQUENT LOQUACIOUS INTERLOCUTION | 
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