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Credit: The science and art of nursing the sick / by Aeneas Munro. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The science and art of nursing the sick / by Aeneas Munro. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![I TABLE OF WEIGHT. Character or Symbol. gr.j = one grain. 9j = one scruple = K drachm = 20 grains. ;^ss = X a drachm = 30 grains. J)] = one drachm = 60 grains (9 iij.) ^ss = ^iv = K an ounce — 4 drachms = 240 grains. 3j = one ounce = 8 drachms (3viij). Ibj = one pound =16 ounces. Besides being accurate, these glass measures are so easily kept clean, and medicine sometimes discolours a silver or metal spoon very readily. How to give Figure 9 represents a drinking-cup which is of very drink to a pXm'' great importance, and admits of general application in the sick-room. Of all drinking cups this is the best as regards shape and pattern. Yet how often are they taken of a different shape. It is the spout which makes this one better than the others. Those after this pattern are made of china or earthenware, but there is a useful small one made of glass or crystal, and it has a curved spout, which makes it equally useful. Figure 10 points out the best of all those with a](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20391882_0058.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
