[PW] Re: "x" in Rx (prescription)

[Even Flood]

> In a message dated 9/18/2006 11:04:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> jeanne.schramm at gmail.com writes:
>
> >
> > The patron here is my mother.  She is wondering what the "x" in "Rx"
> > stands for. She asked her pharmacist and he has no idea.
>
For what it is worth, the Wikipedia has an explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rx
It seems that the Rx was an R with the tail crossed, and somtimes
stood for Rex, king.

Even

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