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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

~ PRN  or lat PRO RE NATA
       id+ | AS NEEDED or AS NEED ARISES or IS BORN |
  med> a medical prescription with a PRN instruction
       indicates "USE AS NEEDED"
  see> NATA
 
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