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Pyemia Pyoderma Pyodermia Pyofecia Pyorrhea
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

~ PYEMIA     med> PUS IN BLOOD or PYOHEMIA
~ PYO~       prefix from gr PYON = PUS
             note see> PYTHON  see> PUTRID
~ PYOCHEZIA  med> PUS IN STOOL  gr CHEZEIN = DEFECATE
~ PYODERMA   med> PURULENT SKIN DISEASE
~ PYODERMIA  same as above
~ PYOFECIA   same as PHOCHEZIA
~ PYORRHEA   med> PERIODONTAL PUS
                  gr RHOIA = FLOW
  see> RHEA  see> DIARRHEA
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