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Scab Crust Scratch Mange Itch Mite Pruritus
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

~ SCAB     id+ | SKIN CRUST | or
           med> ESCHAR
           AREAS OF ROUGH COARSE SKIN
           relates to SCRAPE or SCRATCH
~ SCABIES  id+ | SCRATCH |
           or see> MANGE
  eng  SCAB      or
  med ESCHAR     or in
  sp  ESCARA   = CRUST
  lat  SCABERE   SCRATCH
       SCABIES   ROUGH SKIN
  gr   SCAPEIN   TO DIG
  med> SCABIES IS A CONTAGIOUS DERMATITIS or
       SKIN DISEASE MORE IN ANIMALS THAN HUMANS
  CAUSED BY MITES or "ITCH MITE" or
  SARCOPTES SCABEI
  THE FEMALE "DIGS" UNDER THE SKIN or TEGUMENT
  TO LAY EGGS which causes
  INTENSE PRURITUS or ITCH
  hx> MORE COMMON IN CHILDREN leading to
  lit+ denomination of "SEVEN YEAR ITCH"
       note THE "SEVENTEEN YEAR ITCH
                 IS RATHER HORMONAL "
  see> PRURITUS  see> ITCH 
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