Diceres dei medici baculo, quod ramulis semiamputatis nodosum gerit, serpentem generosum lubricis amplexibus inhaerere.
You would have said it was that noble serpent clinging in its slippery embrace to the Physician-Gods staff, the one he carries all knotty with half-amputated branches.
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