A dead language? Long live the "Sig"!!

Carpe diem--Horace

Non nobis solum nati sumus. --Cicero

Si vis amari, ama. --Seneca

Vestis virum reddit - Quintilianus

Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur. --Unknown

Semper inops quicumque cupit - Claudian

Dulce bellum inexpertis - Pindaros

...et cetera, et cetera, et cetera!

ac (ante cibum) means "before meals"
bid (bis in die) means "twice a day"
gt (gutta) means "drop"
hs (hora somni) means "at bedtime"
od (oculus dexter) means "right eye"
os (oculus sinister) means "left eye"
po (per os) means "by mouth"
pc (post cibum) means "after meals"
prn (pro re nata) means "as needed"
q 3 h (quaque 3 hora) means "every 3 hours"
qd (quaque die) means "every day"
qid (quater in die) means "4 times a day"
Sig (signa) means "write"
tid (ter in die) means "3 times a day"


John Howland, M.D.
Family doc, Massachusetts