~ CHEIRO  id+ | HAND |
~ CHEIRON id+ | "HANDY" PHYSICIAN or
^u              SURGEON | from
     gr  CHIRO      or
         CHEIRO   = HAND
     ukr CHIRURG    SURGEON
     sp  QUIROFANO  SURGICAL ROOM
     CIRUGIA        SURGERY
                    as in
~ CHEIROPRACTOR     simplified to
  CHIROPRACTOR  id+ | EXPERT MANIPULATOR or
                      MANUAL THERAPIST or
                      THERAPIST USING HIS HANDS | 
  see> CHIROPRACTOR
  see> SURGEON
  myth> CHEIRON or CHIRON
        WAS A PHYSICIAN AND
  WAS COUNTED AMONG THE WISEST BEINGS
  CHIRON WAS A CENTAUR WITH
  NONE OF THEIR NEGATIVE PROPERTIES
  CHIRON WAS MOST
  GENTLE
  LEARNED
  WISE and
  JUST
  perhaps HIS PARENTS WERE
  CHRONUS & PHILIRA or
  IXION   & NEPHELE or even ZEUS
  CHEIRON WAS A FRIEND OF
  THE GODS AND HE REARED
  MANY HEROES INCLUDING
  ACTAEN or ACTEON
  ASKLEPIOS or ESCULAPIOS
  JASON
  ACHILLES  HE ALSO SAVED
  PELEUS
  CHEIRON WAS SKILLED IN
  MEDICINE
  MUSIC and
  ARTS
  HE TUTORED STUDENTS
  IN HIS CAVE ON MOUNT PELION AND
  TRIED TO MAKE PEACE BETWEEN
  HERAKLES or HERCULES and the CENTAURS
  HIS END CAME AFTER HE DROPPED ON HIS FOOT
  A POISONED ARROW FROM THE BOW OF HERAKLES
  ALTHOUGH HE WAS IMMORTAL HE FELT PAIN   sug> AGONY
  HE SUFFERED SO TERRIBLY FROM THE WOUND  sug> TOXIN
  AND BEING IMMORTAL                      sug> ATHANASIA
  THE PROSPECT OF CHRONIC PAIN LED        sug> CHRONOS
  PROMETHEUS TO AGREE TO FREE CHIRON      sug> AGE
  FROM HIS IMMORTALITY                    sug> EUTHANASIA
  WHEN CHIRON DIED                        sug> FINIS
  HE WAS ONCE AGAIN                       sug> REWARD
  ACCEPTED BY THE GODS                    sug> ASCENSION
  cont> see> CHIR~