Selecta è præscriptis : selections from physicians' prescriptions; containing lists of the terms, phrases, contractions, and abbreviations used in prescriptions ... / by Jonathon Pereira.

  • Pereira, Jonathan, 1804-1853
Date:
1881
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Credit: Selecta è præscriptis : selections from physicians' prescriptions; containing lists of the terms, phrases, contractions, and abbreviations used in prescriptions ... / by Jonathon Pereira. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hydr. Bic. fHydrargjri bichloridum {corrosive suh\ limate), or ' Hydrargyri bicyanidum {bicyanide of mer\ cuiy). I ilydr. Bin. Hydr. Oxyd. N. Month. P. Potas. (Hydrargyri biniodidum {red iodide of mer{ cury), or Hydrargyri binoxyduni {red oxide of met' cury). I’HydrargjTi oxy^dum nigrum {bUick oxiA ] of mercury), or ! I Hydrargyri oxyditm nitricum {red preci] I, pitate). I f Mentha piperita {peppermint), or I t Mentha pulegium {pennyroyal). . f Potassium {the metal), or I t Potassa (potash). Potas. Hydr. (See Hydr. Pot.) T> * o 1 >. ( Potassii snlphnretum (h'rer rf oil 1 otas. buipn. I potassae sulphas {sulphate of potash). _ , ( Sodium {thi metal), or (Soda {soda). Sod. Chlor. Sodii chloridum {common salt), or Soda chlorata ) {chlorinated soda or Sodae chloridum J bleaching liquid). Sulph. Sulphur {brimstone), • Sulphuretum {sutphuret), or Sulphas {sulphate). “ In writing directions for taking any sort o: S medicine, avoid abbreviations as much as possible | Let numbers be expressed in words, not in figures ji and let every word, throughout, be perfectly legi-H ble.