[Kthale81]

Originally Posted by David's Harp

On a related note, is there anywhere where I can learn the shorthand being used, eg a "T" with two dots on top of it to indicate "two tablets"?

I don't even know what this system is called, and it's pretty frighteningly easy to misread/misinterpret...

-Kevin

I just learned them from nursing school/clinicals and also with experience on the floor. Usually '/. is one.....two ''/.. three '''/...
of course that would be written with the dots on top of each other with the line not slanted. I dont know anything about short-hand symbols but it will be more clear to understand with working

[Pat_Pat]

Originally Posted by David's Harp

On a related note, is there anywhere where I can learn the shorthand being used, eg a "T" with two dots on top of it to indicate "two tablets"?

I don't even know what this system is called, and it's pretty frighteningly easy to misread/misinterpret...

-Kevin

It's just a "T" with a dot over the middle of the top. "TT" for two, "TTT" for three. I've not seen more than that.
Is that the apothocary system?

[liebling5]

I think it's more like lower case Roman numerals. Most of us recognize I, II, III etc. In medicine, some "seasoned" people use i, ii, iii with the small horizontal line. It may be a leftover from apothecary, I'm not sure.