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Medic
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


~ MEDIC  start see> MEDDLE
         id+ | MEDIATOR |  see> MEDICINE
  implies  WHO MEDIATES or WHO MEASURES THERAPY
  ply> | MEDICS MEDDLE |
  note preceding entries MEDDLE and MEDIA
  lat MEDICINA = HEALING ART AND SCIENCE
      MEDERE     TO MEND  TO CARE or CURE
      MEDICARE   HEALING
  sp  MEDIR      MEASURE
      MEDICO     MEDIC
           CURA  CURE or PRIEST  sug> CURATOR
  lat SINE CURE  or
  eng SINECURE   from
  lat SINE       for WITHOUT IS NOT
                 INCURABLE since it denotes
  hx> PRIESTS NOT CHARGED TO CARE FOR SOULS
      mostly those CHARGED WITH PROMOTING
  CHURCH SECULAR POLITICAL POWER or
  SILENCED BECAUSE OF SUSPICIOUS THEOLOGICAL VIEWS
  cont> see> MEDICAGO pointing to MEDICINE

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