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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

~ TONE  id+ | TENSION also
              SOUND PITCH |
  gr     TONOS    = TENSION
  lat    TINNITARY  TO RING
  eng  DETONATE
       ASTONISH
       ASTOUND
        STUN
  med> TINNITUS or
       RINGING IN THE EARS
  HYPERTONUS or
  HYPERTONIA related to TENSION
  HYPOTONIA or FLOPPY
  art> BARITONE for DEEP SOUNDING
  sc>  ISOTONIC for EQUAL TENSION
  see> TINNITUS
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