Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—Q

Q.S

Quantum sufficit. Two letters appended to prescriptions, and meaning as much as is required to make the pills up. Thus, after giving the drugs in minute proportions, the apothecary is told to “mix these articles in liquorice q.s”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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