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Pila Pilaster Pile

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

~ PILA   sp for COLUMN or PILASTER or PILE
         also BATTERY which often are CYLINDRICAL
            see> COLON  see> COLONY
            note SKIN is a PILE of CELLS or
                 PIEL in Spanish for SKIN
            see> PILL
~ PILASTER  see> COLUMN
            id+ | A PILASTER IS MADE OF A STACK or
                  PILE OF PILLS |        see> PILL
~ PILE  note A MOST BEAUTIFUL PILE OF PILLS ARE
             ANCIENT COLUMNS or PILASTER WHICH
  POPES PEALED INTO PILLS TO BE USED TO PILE ON
  NEW MONUMENTS or worse TO BURN FOR LIME
  sp    PELO    = HAIR
  eng DEPILATORY  PLUCK  see> PILLAGE
  biol> HAIR IS A PILE or COLUMN or PILASTER
        MADE OT OF DEAD CELLS   sug> DEPILATE
  see> PILASTER
  see> COLUMN
  see> PILL
  see> PILLAGE
  main entry see> PILL

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