Talk:Rx

Rx is technically improper

I have been developing a prescription printing module for an EMR system. In my searching, I found that Rx is not proper. It should be an R with the leg crossed or R_/. Rx is very common, but it is still incorrect. Kainaw 15:43, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

℞ -> What does it mean, where does it come from? There must be several reliable sources for that, I mean, in the US, we see this sign all the time but don't know anything about its etymology? Best regards --Zeitungsente0815 (talk) 09:46, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

The symbol commonly shown as Rx is actually the astrological symbol for Zeus and has always meant “take in the name of Zeus” — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.128.145.31 (talk) 12:45, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

The Straight Dope, Cecil Adams’ newspaper column, gives the medical history of the Rx symbol. There is controversy among pharmacy historians. There are three theories. 1. “Rx is an abbreviation for the Latin word ‘recipere’ or ‘recipe,’ which means ‘Take, thou.’”. 2. Rx is the astrological symbol for the god Jupiter. 3. Rx comes from the Egyptian symbol for the left Eye of Horus. https://web.archive.org/web/20070210194506/https://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mrx.html Esnible (talk) 14:52, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Question about origin

Is there any source material that indicates Rx (actually Px) stands for "Chi Rho," meaning "hand" in Greek and thus indicating that the prescription is written "by the hand" of the prescriber? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.135.230.180 (talk) 18:04, 13 March 2007 (UTC).

Use of unicode characters in article

The unicode symbols do not render on all browsers and locales. This should be fixed by either:

1. Replace with an image.

2. Replace with the "&#211e;" entity (Wikipedia does not apparently support entities and should be updated with that feature).

ForceOne 03:27, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Rx, Tx, Wx, etc.

"RX is the telegraph and radio abbreviation for 'receive', 'receiver' or 'reception'."

There's no place where these different abbreviations are listed together. They're not in the Morse code article for instance. Kortoso (talk) 16:03, 3 May 2016 (UTC)