A dispensatory and therapeutical remembrancer : with a full and distinct version of every practical formula, as authorized by the London, Edinburgh and Dublin royal college of physicians, in the latest editions of their several pharmacopias ... / By John Mayne ... Rev., with the addition of the formulæ of the United States pharmacopia, etc. By R. Eglesfeld Griffith.
- Mayne, John
- Date:
- 1848
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A dispensatory and therapeutical remembrancer : with a full and distinct version of every practical formula, as authorized by the London, Edinburgh and Dublin royal college of physicians, in the latest editions of their several pharmacopias ... / By John Mayne ... Rev., with the addition of the formulæ of the United States pharmacopia, etc. By R. Eglesfeld Griffith. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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![SIEASURES. The Imperial Standard Measure, used by the London and Edinburgh Colleges, is that employed to define quantities of fluids. The Imperial Gallon is divided thus :— One Gallon (e. i., or cong. i.)) 'Eight Pints. Pint .... (Oi.) 1 Twenty Fluid Ounces. « Fluid Ounce. . (fsi.) > = < Eight Fluid Drachms. ■ Fluid Drachm . (f5i.) Sixty Minims. Minim . . . (in. i.) J » fThe measure employed in the United States, is the Apothe- caries', or Wine measure, divided thus :—• One Gallon (c. i. or cong. i.) j Pint . . . (Oi.' Fluid Ounce . (fsi. Fluid Drachm . (£1.) Minim . . . [m. \.), Eight Pints. ' Sixteen Fluid Ounces. Eight Fluid Drachms. Sixty Minims.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21013950_0292.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
