The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London [1824] / A translation ... by Richard Phillips.

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1824
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Credit: The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London [1824] / A translation ... by Richard Phillips. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE LONDON PHARMACOPOEIA. WEIGHTS, MEASURES, etc. XwO kinds of weights are used in England; by one of which gold and silver, and by the other nearly all other kinds of merchandise are valued: we employ the former, which is also called Troy Weight; and we divide the pound thus, viz. The Pound ft — Ounce £ — Drachm 3 — Scruple 3. — Grain gr. > contains /Twelve Ounces, J xij. I Eight Drachms, 3 viij. ] Three Scruples, 9 iij. LTwenty Grains, gr. xx. We have added the signs by which each weight is usually denoted. We use measures of liquids derived from the gallon defined by the laws of the kingdom: this for medicinal purposes we divide thus, viz. The Gallon CT — Pint O *— Fluidounce f — Fluidrachm f 3 — Minim n\. contains Eight Pints, O viij. I Twenty Fluidounces, ffxx. j Eight Fluidrachms, f 3 viij. LSixty Minims, nflx. W e have added the signs by which we denote each measure. B