Pus Putrid Pustule Purulent Furuncle Boil Anthrax


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Pus Putrid Pustule Purulent Furuncle Boil Anthrax

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

~ PUS       for etymology  see> PUTRID
~ PUSTULE   in lat and sp PUSTULA
            id+ | COLLECTION OF PUS | as in
  see> PURULENT   see> FURUNCLE   see> BOIL
  biol> TISSUE ROT  DECAY  DECOMPOSITION
  med> FLUID FROM DEGRADED TISSUES
       OFTEN DUE TO INFECTIOUS INFLAMMATION
  incl STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS also
  see> ANTHRAX where PUS FORMATION IS MINIMAL
  sug>  FOUL

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