#Docs apothecary iso#

NOTE: There are several common abbreviations here: the tall symbol for 'ounce' (looks like a flat-topped '3' with an extra bowl) 'ss' (tall s followed by short s), an abbreviation for 'semis' (='half') the symbol for the unit of measure 'scruple' (looks like a backwards-facing Greek 'e') and the symbol for the unit of measure 'dram' (which seems to be a special use of the medieval English letter 'yogh', though Boyle them till halfe bee consumed, adde. This symbol can mean several things (including 'quam' and 'farthing') in other contexts and the 'quarter' abbreviation can take many forms, all of them based on some modified form of 'q'.Įxamples of apothecaries' symbols in context. Quart, quarterne, or quarter (as unit of measure) Letter form (s, &s, ss, &s s, etc.), and place ABBR tags around that, e.g. 'Semis' ('half') with units of measure-variant forms &s s (etc., depending on the form of the 's' not really a symbol, just the ordinary letter 's' doubled See Wb5124)ĭram or drachm (apothecaries' unit of measure) &ounce (the variant, looped form is rare. This is Unicode character 211E and character entity ℞ in the ISOpub set.

#Docs apothecary iso#

This is Unicode character 2108, but has no ISO character entity.

Capture as &dram when the medicinal context makes it clear that is what it is. This is a specific application of Unicode character 0292 (yogh), but has no ISO character entity. This is Unicode character 2125, but has no ISO character entity. As other symbols appear in the data, they will be added to this page. Some of the most common abbreviations and symbols, with suggested capture, are illustrated here.

Medical recipes, then and now, can often seem confusingīecause of their wealth of abbreviations and symbols. Apothecaries' symbols commonly found in medical recipes Apothecaries' symbols commonly found in medical recipesįurther examples may be found on the page devoted to ambiguous abbreviations.