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Prescriptions

Instructions governing the plan of care for an individual patient, often written authorization to obtain a drug from a pharmacist

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  • This month (April) you should abstain from hemlock, henbane, deadly mandrake, arsenic sublimate, etc., for most physicians agree that all these plants are more or less unwholesome ...
  • M0016126: Prescription recorded by William Harvey (1578-1657)
  • Please alway prescribe explicite Marienbad Tablets according to the prescription of Prof. Ritter v. Basch.
  • M0016127: Prescription recorded by William Harvey (1578-1657)
  • Please alway prescribe explicite Marienbad Tablets according to the prescription of Prof. Ritter v. Basch.

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    A quick guide to help with health costs including charges and optical voucher values : effective from 1 April 2011 / NHS.

    | Date: 2011
    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    M0000898: Henry Hill Hickman, Prescription number 3

    | Date: 28 July 1930 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/8/85
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    M0000896: Henry Hill Hickman, Prescription number 74

    | Date: 28 July 1930 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/8/83
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Books

    Claiming free prescriptions? / NHS Business Services Authority.

    | Date: [2014?]
    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    M0000878: Henry Hill Hickman, Prescription number 28

    | Date: 28 July 1930 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/8/65
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Related topics

Pharmaceutical Preparations
Medicine
United Kingdom
Drug Industry
England
Pharmacies
Drugs
Dental Care
Fees, Medical
Health Care Costs

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