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I found this prescription in which the word "Scat." is found. What does this abbreviation stand for?
I've tried googling, and I found that in Latin there is a word "scatula" which means box. I'm not sure if this word stands for this abbreviation. Normally, many prescription structures don't use this word, but "D.t.d" (detur talis dosis) exactly in the place of "D. Scat.".
In a word, yes.
D.scat. means detur scatula (“let a box be given”) just like the following S. means signetur or scribatur (“let the following be prescribed”). It is also possible to interpret them as imperatives addressing the chemist: Da!, Signa!, ...
Googling yielded this informative document from a Bulgarian University which clarifies all Latin abbreviations traditionally used in medical prescriptions. In Italy, and I’d bet in many other Western countries, such abbreviations are not used any more. Apparently, this is not the case for other parts of the world.
