Selecta è praescriptis : Selections from physicians' prescriptions; containing lists of the terms, phrases, contractions, and abbreviations used in prescriptions ... For the use of medical and pharmaceutical students / [edited by Joseph Inge].

  • Jonathan Pereira
Date:
1890
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Credit: Selecta è praescriptis : Selections from physicians' prescriptions; containing lists of the terms, phrases, contractions, and abbreviations used in prescriptions ... For the use of medical and pharmaceutical students / [edited by Joseph Inge]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IN PRESCRIPTIONS. Cels.—^Magnitude nucis avellanie, Scrib.Largus ; 'magnitudo castaneie ; ^magnitudo fabie equin®. Moles nucis moschate. Instar* juglandis. 'Quantum satis est [vel sit]; ■quantum res patitur; quantum fieri potest ; 'quantum tribus digitis comprehendi potest ; ^quantum volet;'*quantum vires patiuntur; 'quantum ju'vat; ®vino uti quantum libebit, Cels. Quantum cuspide {vel apice) size of a bean.— The size of a filbert-nut; ■'the size of a chestnut; the size of a horse-bean. The size of a nutmeg. The size of a ■walnut. 'As much as is suffi- cient; as much as circumstances wiD allow; as much as can be done, or as far as possible; 'as much as can be held by three fin- gers ; as much as he will; as much as the strength permits; as much as, or as long as, it is agreeable; to take as much wine as he pleases. As much as can be * Instar is usually denominated an indeclinable noun • but Dumesnil {Latin Simon., by the Rer. J. AI. Gosset) cails it a preposition requiring the genitive case. “.Id instar is not found in the best Latin authors,’’
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