Couldn't it just be that using the Latin in medicine is the same as Latin in music?
I was taught that the Latin, being a "dead" language, was static and therefore does not change ... so an American musician seeing "Pronto" on a score written by a Norwegian would know that the passage was to be played fast. Similar to medicine??
Would seem sensible to me in these days of international travel. I like the idea that the MD in Japan would know by the Latin how many times a day I have to take my medicine.
Ok, I am ready to take my medicine on this one.
wow