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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    )3. With respect to the mode of writing, the fol- lowing points should be kept in view;— 1. The writing should be plain and legible. 2. The orthography should be that which is customary, “ to avoid the sneering of an apothecary or his man ” (Ganbius). 3. Abbreviations, though admissible, must be cautiously used, to avoid the possibility of error. 4. Symbols or signs must be carefully made. 5. The ingredients should be designated by their Latin names. (In some cases the barbarous Latin name is to be preferred to the scientific Latin name, when there is a possibility of mistake on the part of the compounder). 6. The quantities indicated, if by weight, either in avoirdupois grains, ounces, and pounds, or in apothecaries’ weight; if by measure, in minims, fiuid drachms, fiuid ounces, and pints, as now used in the British Pharmacopoeia. 3. The directions to the compounder.—The direc- tions to the apothecary or compounder as to the form, manner of preparation, and method of use,