"℞"符号的由来 (1/2)

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概述：药店里或找医生开处方药时总能看到一个表示服用此药的符号"℞"，那么它是怎么来的呢？
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Egypt
Horus
Seth
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Every week at this time, the Voice of America tells about popular words and expressions used in the United States. Some of these words and expressions are old. Some are new. Together, they form the living speech of the American people.
Our story today is very old. It goes back about 5,000 years. It is about a sign that is used to represent some words.
We see this sign on drug stores and whenever we visit a doctor to get an order for medicine. It also appears on bottles of pills and other medicines.
The sign is formed by a line across the right foot of the letter "R." It represents the word "prescription." It has come to mean "take this medicine."
The sign has its beginnings 5,000 years ago in Egypt. At that time, people prayed to Horus, the god of the Sun. It was said that when Horus was a child, he was attacked by Seth, the demon of evil.每周的这一时间，“美国之音”讲解在美国使用的流行词汇和短语，有些很古老，有些则是新的。它们共同构成了美国人的现用语言。
今天的故事很古老，大约追溯至5000年前，讲述一个用来代表一些词语的符号。
我们在药店或者看医生开药方时会见到这个符号。它还出现在装药丸和其他药物的瓶子上。
该符号由一条线与字母R的最后一笔交叉（℞——译者注）组成，代表词语“prescription”（处方——译者注），意思是“服用该药”。
这个符号始于5000年前的埃及，当时，人们向太阳之神何鲁斯（Horus）祈祷。据传，何鲁斯孩提时受到邪恶之魔塞斯（Seth）的攻击。