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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

~ PHREN~    prefix              see> PHRENZY
~ ~PHRENIA  suffix for          see> SCHIZOPHRENIA
~ PHRENIA   id+ | gr for MIND |
~ PHRENIC   id+ | BRIDLE  BOUNDARY  LIMIT |
            as in sug> DIAPHRAGM
~ PHRENICA  id+ | MIND |
            ply> | PHRENETIC FRENZY has to do with
                   FLAWED "FRENOS" or RESTRAINTS |
     gr   PHRENITIZEIN = DELIRIUM  EXTREME AGITATION
     sp   FRENO          BRAKE  RESTRAINT
     gr   PHRENETIKOS    SICKNESS of MIND
     sp   FRENOLOGIA     PHRENOLOGY  described below
     id+ | A MIND SEPARATES STIMULUS FROM REFLEX |
     ply> | PHRENIA IS LIKE A BREAK or DIAPHRAGM
            SEPARATING and SPARING US FROM
            PHRENETIC BREAKDOWNS |
              see> FRENZY as the main entry
~ PHRENALGIA  med> PAIN RELATED TO THE DIAPHRAGM
~ PHRENETIC   med> MANIAC  FRANTIC     sug> EMOTION
~ PHRENOLOGY  med> DISCREDITED STUDY SYSTEM OF MENTAL DISEASES
                   BASED ON THE SHAPE OF THE SKULL
  hx> LOMBROSO [#] among others BECAME FAMOUS BY POSTULATING
      THAT CRIMINALS HAD SKULL PARAMETERS OF PREDICTIVE VALUE
  note that as late as the 1930's
       HITLER CONDONED RACIST POLICIES THAT
  INCLUDED MEASURES OF CRANIAL PROPORTIONS
  IN SEARCH OF SUPERIOR "ARIAN" TYPES
  {early studies started with "social misfits" and criminals
   a biased sample since then and now it is easier to inflict
   societal punishments on those with diminished defenses
   thus the mentally subnormal included many whose
   cranium or skull was smaller or microcephalic
   ply> | A MANIAC MAY MANIFEST FRANTIC FRENZY OF
          UNRESTRAINED PASSION AND EMOTION |
  hx>  in general  PHRENOLOGY is the STUDY OF HUMAN PASSIONS
  med> in medicine PHRENOLOGY is the STUDY OF THE CHARACTER
       formerly much importance was given to the
  HUMAN CALVARY or CALVARIUM or THE SHAPE OF THE SKULL
     SCHIZOPHRENIC = PSYCHOSIS and SPLIT PERSONALITY
  gr SCHIZEIN        DIVIDE  SPLIT  CUT
     OLIGOPHRENIC    MENTALLY RETARDED
     OLIGO           LACKING or LITTLE or NOT ENOUGH
  sug> FREE  FREEDOM  FRANTIC
  cont> see> SCHIZOPHRENIA
 
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