Pharmacopoeia of St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

Date:
1900
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Pharmacopoeia of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    ENGLISH MEASURES AND WEIGHTS. Apothecaries’ Fluid Measure. 60 Minims (ll]J .. . = 1 Fluid Drachm ... f.3 8 Drachms . = 1 Fluid Ounce... ... f.3 20 Ounces . = 1 Pint ... O 8 Pints . = 1 Gallon ... C A Tea-spoonful should be equivalent to one Drachm, a Dessert- spoonful to two, a Table-spoonful to four. Apothecaries’ Weight. 20 Grains ... = 1 Scruple ... - 9 3 Scruples = 1 Drachm ... ... z 8 Drachms 1 Ounce ••• 3 12 Ounces ... = 1 Pound ... tti The Ounce and the Pound of Apothecaries' Weight may be con- sidered obsolete; the Weights of the British Pharmacopoeia being:— 437'5 Grains = 1 Ounce > 16 Ounces (7000) gr. = 1 Pound £ Av0irduP018- F