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18-04-2015, 04:41 PM
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Thanks Mags, it might come in useful someday !
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18-04-2015, 04:47 PM
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My first remembered doctor had the typical scrawl that could have been latin or ancient anglo saxon.

And don`t get me on the future tense of Amo-it ends with how some of us felt about our latin teacher
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18-04-2015, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by orangutan ->
It hasn't ceased, Mups. Docs still write abbreviations for Latin instructions on scripts but these are printed in English by the pharmacist on the tablet boxes.

As for why they use it, heaven knows! Maybe it is supposed to add to the mystery of medicine...
That I sure, is the answer.
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18-04-2015, 04:50 PM
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Latin again-Romulus and Remus were raised by a wolf. Ah but lupus could refer to a she wolf and a `she wolf` was a lady of questionable virtue.
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19-04-2015, 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr Magoo ->
Sorry Bruce, but the Iliad was written in Greek. Perhaps you were taught to read the Aeneid which was certainly written Latin by Vergil.
As my Latin teacher was wont to remark, 'Twaddle!' - the Iliad may have been originally written in Greek but there are Latin versions dating back to at least the 15th century.

As they say - a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.
 
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