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Swell Distend Rise Increase Inflated Tumor
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


~ SWELL
~ SWELLING  id+ | LARGER PROTRUDE or DISTEND |
            as in
  RISE  SURGE  INCREASE  INFLATED  TUMOR
  lit+ used to denote CONCEIT  STYLISH
  med> see> EDEMA 
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