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July 17, 2008, 11:21 am
Flag as Inappropriate Louise31
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Why a green Cross?
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Why is there a green cross outside a pharmacy?
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July 18, 2008, 1:22 pm
Flag as Inappropriate lilbit says...
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I have never seen a green cross. I have no idea.
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July 18, 2008, 5:25 pm
Flag as Inappropriate picodoll says...
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I pulled this off a website I found that seems to offer an explanation. The website address was www.rpsgb.org.uk/pdfs/mussheet13.pdf I hope that's helpful.
The Green Cross was first introduced in the as a
pharmaceutical symbol in continental Europe in the
early 20th century as a replacement for the Red
Cross. The Red Cross, previously used by some
medical institutions and by continental pharmacists,
was adopted by the International Red Cross in 1863,
necessitating the need for an alternative. The Green
Cross was not used in Britain until 1984, when it
was adopted by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
of Great Britain as a standard symbol for British pharmacy. The
Society stipulated that it should be produced in a specified shade of green, or in black and
white, and that the words pharmacy or pharmacist, or the Society’s name, should appear
with it.
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July 19, 2008, 6:03 am
Flag as Inappropriate Louise31 says...
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Thanks for that, I though green crosses were worldwidw are they not?
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July 19, 2008, 7:31 am
Flag as Inappropriate skatss says...
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Wow! How interesting.
In the US I have never seen a Green Cross, just the RX symbol.
You live, you learn! Thank you.
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