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Somnolent Somnus
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

~ SOMNOLENT  id+ | SLEEPY |
             id+ | DORMANT or LETHARGIC |
~ SOMNUS  myth> ROMAN GOD OF SLEEP
^               in gr HYPNOS
  THE TWIN BROTHER or FATHER OF HYPNOS
  med> SOMNAMBULISM = SLEEP WALKING
       note HYPNOSIS or HYPNOTIC for
            SLEEP INDUCING AGENT
  note NARCOTIC for MIND ALTERING AGENT
  see> SLEEP
  see> LETHAL
  see> MORPHEUS
  see> HYPNOS
 
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