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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    the beginning and the ending,” Rev. i. 8) ; C. D. {cum Deo) ; J. D. {juvante Deo); L. D. (latis Deo); N. D. {nomine Dei) \ J. J. {^juvante Jem), &c. These constituted the invocation, or, as it was called, the inscription (inscriptio). 1. The heading {prmpositio).—The symbol or abbreviated word Rec. (^Recipe, take thou), usually commences every formula; * but in French pre- scriptions the letter P., or the word Prenez (take), is generally substituted. 2. Designation of the ingredients to be employed {^materia designatio).—Two points are worthy of consideration here; firstly, the order in which the ingredients are to be taken ; and secondly, the mode of writing them, a. With respect to the order in which the in- gredients are taken, it may be observed that 1. Each ingredient should have a distinct line. 2. The basis should be placed first, then the auxiliary, afterwards the corrective, and lastly the vehicle. • For some remarks on this sjnubol, seo the chapter on Symbols.