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Panacea Medical Word Origin Etymology

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

~ PANACEA  id+ | MAGIC POTION or CURE ALL |
^          note roots in
  gr PANAKEIA       from
     PAN          = ALL
        AKEISTHAI   CURE
  myth> A GODDESS AND SYMBOL OF HEALING BY HERBS
        DAUGHTER OF ASCLEPIUS or ESCULAPIUS & EPIONE
  HER SISTERS WERE HYGIEIA or HYGENE AND IASO THE HEALER
  HER BROTHERS WERE MACHAON AND PODALIRIUS
  sug> HYGIENE

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