Why does RX mean perscription?!
Question: Why does RX mean perscription!?
What does the R and the X stand for in relation to perscription!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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Well, yes, the R means recipe!. But the X has a rather sinister beginning, at least according to the author of Devils, Drugs & Doctors, "Rx is not, as is frequently supposed, an abbreviation of a Latin word meaning recipe or compound, but is an invocation to Jupiter, a prayer for his aid to make the treatment effective!.!.!.sometimes in old medical manuscripts all the R's occurring in the text were crossed!." He says that's because the X is actually a crossing of the dropped leg of the R, which is a symbol for Jupiter or Horus!. Read more about it here, if you care to:
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Some people think that Rx means prescription!. In a way it does!. However, Rx is the abbreviation for the Latin word meaning
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