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Oh yes, and it seems the one prominent flower on Medicine's spell card background seems to from the genus Rafflesia. Rafflesia flowers are noted for smelling foul. American author Carl Van Vechten wrote in his book "The Merry-Go-Round" that the flower contained poisons such as muscarine and orsere, even though the flower is not poisonous in real life at all. ZUN really is a nerd for Western literature. I've already talked about Eiki's spell card background (which is a scrolling pattern over "The Last Judgement" by Michelangelo) and Mamizou's luminous full moon spell card background in their analyses, so go read it again if you missed it. Also, Medicine's scope (the red field that can be activated with all characters in PoFV to reflect bullets from enemy sprites) is in the shape of a star. This is because the Germanic writer and physician, Paracelsus, stated that those affected by melancholy (black bile) would look toward or be more susceptible to commit acts of divination. This includes working with demons and using the stars as a method of divination. Pic related. Also, if you notice, Medicine's player character danmaku are shaped like crosses. The connection between her and Christianity is strong, as I've explained in depth earlier in those analysis posts. Eiki's scope is just a simple circle and has no inspiration or lore.