Dental materia medica and therapeutics : with special reference to the rational application of remedial measures to dental diseases a textbook for students and practitioners / by Hermann Prinz.

  • Hermann Prinz
Date:
1913
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Credit: Dental materia medica and therapeutics : with special reference to the rational application of remedial measures to dental diseases a textbook for students and practitioners / by Hermann Prinz. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    quantity of each ingredient. Great care should be used in abbrevi- ating, so that each abbreviation is distinctive, and not liable to be ini.^taken for an article not intended by the writer. For example, acid, lujdroc. may mean acid, hydrochloric or acid, hydrocyanic; hydr. chlor. may mean calomel, corrosive sublimate, or chloral hydrate. The cabalistic characters in present use designating the quantities in a Latin prescription must be plainly written if serious errors are to be avoided. 4. The Subscription, or the Directions to the Com- pounder.—Llsually no specific directions are given to the com- pounder. X single letter, or two or three letters, will serve as a suhscription—as M., misce (mix) ; D. S., detur signetur (give and mark) ; M. D. S., misce, da, signa, or misce, detur, signetur (mix, give, and mark) ; S., solve (dissolve) ; F., fiat (make). 5. The Directions for the Patient.—S. or Sig., indicating signatura, precedes the directions for the patient, which should always be written in full and in plain English. Not properly specifying the directions—for example, writing “as directed,” or “use as directed,” accompanied by verbal instructions—is a careless habit, and has led to serious consequences. 6. The Name or Initials of the Physician and Date.—The name of the prescriber should always appear on the prescription, either in print or plainly written. The following is an example of how a prescription should be written: Name of Patient— SuperscHption {Heading) — Inscription {Ingredients) — Subscription {Direction) — For Mr. Charles Jones. f Basis— Acid, benzoic, j Adjuvant— Tinct. kramer. ] Corrective—0\. menth. pip. I Vehicle— Alcohol M. 5 j flo iv gtt. XX q. s. ad fl,5 iv Sig.: Half a teaspoonful in a glass of water as a mouth wash. James King, D. D. S. Jan. 16, 1909. The present mode of having proscription blanks printed with the full name and addre.^^s of the prescriber is greatly to be encouraged.
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