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Lake County Press, Issue 2348, 27 October 1910, Page 7

The ornamental part of the apothecary’s R is none other than the sign of Jupiter, under whose special care medicines were supposed to have been placed ; and our nostrums are still compounded under the symbol of Jove’s protection. The letter itself (recipe—take) and its flourish mean substantially this ; ‘ Under the auspices of Jove, the patron of medicine, take the following goods in the proportions set down.’ Some try to throw the responsibility for the symbol R back to Raphel, but the sum ,of evidence flpjfltg Jg, Jupjtet BSLUft