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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Rx #107154 07/17/03 03:42 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 where the x comes from Way I got it in my JDM® it's not so much an x as just a cross bar on the tail of the R. Probably to indicate that there's more to it than just the R. http://www.health.ufl.edu/shcc/rx.gif Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rx #107155 07/17/03 05:40 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Here's what Straight Dope has to say: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mrx.html Incidentally, I'm reminded of a Puerto Rico guy in my class getting bullshit when lecturer said in South America, the sign for pharmacy was a big "606". The symbol for salvarsan, the first cure for syphilis. (Because it was the six hundred and sixth compound in a series of formulas Paul Ehrlich had tested for treatment of infedctions. A Jap student of his named Kitasato, discovered it would cure rabbit syphilis. But he never got any credit, so far as I know. Everybody thinks Paul Ehrlich was the discoverer. I read a book by Paul Ehrlich's ex-secretary, who said Paul Ehrlich didn't even want the Jap in his lab, and had him retest all previous formulas that he had found to have no value,just to get the Jap out of his way. But the Jap was the first person able to infect babbits with syphilis. But he didn't get the Nobel Prize. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,363 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 388 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,558 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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