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Rubella Rubeola
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

~ RUBELLA  id+ | RUBOR or REDNESS |
~ RUBEOLA  same
           id+ | REDISH RASH | from
  lat RUBER   = RED
      RUBELLUS  REDISH
      RUBOR     REDNESS
  med> RUBELLA IS A THREE DAY MEASLES or
       GERMAN MEASLES MANIFESTED AS A
  MAJOR ERUPTION OF VIRAL DISEASE THAT
  RARELY DAMAGES ADULTS BUT CAUSES DAMAGE
  TO EMBRYOS AND FETUSES RESULTING IN MAJOR
  STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL BIRTH DEFECTS or
  MALFORMATIONS AND DYSFUNCTIONS or
  RUBELLA FETOPATHY or EMBRYOPATHY
  med> RUBEOLLA is a MILD DISORDER
       AND THE RASH IS SHORT LIVED
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