Shiguetomi-Medina JM

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The idea of a common language has been proposed several times in history. Scientific writing has evolved around simplicity and universal tendencies. There is no record about when Latin was first used to write medical prescriptions, but it dates back to the beginning of history as a direct and simple communication way between pharmacists and physicians. A method was needed so every patient could get the right medication everywhere in the world (History of Pharmacy, 2009). At some point in history, Latin was used as the language that should be used in prescriptions so they could be understood universally without the need of a translation. Latin was chosen because it is a dead and never- changing language, universally employed (Lee, 1947). The first guidelines including a common language in medical sciences were published in JAMA in 1916.