"The Garden of Delights" (details from "Garden of Heavenly Delights "), 1500 Hieronimus van Aeken (known as Bosco or Bosch ) (1450 - 1516) El Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

EMESIS  Vomiting and defecating are abundantly represented in the depiction of the "Earthly Paradise". Other companion images show individuals defecating fire, gold coins, etc. In Spain the terms "me cago (I defecate) upon ..." remains a most popular vulgarism to this day. The colonization of America exposed Spaniards to "diarrhea" which often was lethal as was the pursuit of gold. In Spanish, "cago fuego" currently may imply "he/she died", and "cagada" implies a serious and consequential mistake, pain" . The vomiting conjures ideas of "emeritus" which is probably how the "seniors" feel when dismissed due to the age. Continued - key words "emetic, emesis", vomit ...   re: Diarrhea, see related review and images - key word "diarrhea".  

Bosco belonged to deeply spiritually ascetic movements: "The Brotherhood of Our Lady" and "The Brethren of the Common Life". "Lutheranism" and "Calvinism" were about to explode over Europe. Bosch lived in the "Low Countries" where the notorious merchant and puritanical social class strived to reconcile their high level of "mercenary" "commercialism" with the "low" morality of their enthusiastic promotion of the slave trade - a notable paradox. Such ideas taint the depiction of human ambitions, temptations, pleasures, and other ways that pave the way of mortals to Hell. Continued - see the core (overall) image for further comments.