A treatise on fractures / By J. F. Malgaigne ... Tr. from the French, with notes and additions, by John H. Packard, M. D.

  • Malgaigne, J.-F. (Joseph-François), 1806-1865.
Date:
1859
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Credit: A treatise on fractures / By J. F. Malgaigne ... Tr. from the French, with notes and additions, by John H. Packard, M. D. 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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    TABLE SHOWING THE RELATIVE VALUES OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH STAND- ARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Millimetre Centimetre Decimetre Metre Decametre Litre Milligramme Centigramme Decigramme Gramme (From Hoblyri's Medical Dictionary.) = -03937 inches. = -393*1 = 3-93U0 = 39-3U00 == 393-11000 = 10 yds., %fi., 9;t in. = 2-1133 pints. = -0154 grains. = -1544 1-5444 15-4440 Decagramme = 154-4402 Hecate-gramme = 1544-4023 Kilogramme = 15444-0234 __ (2 dr., 34-3gr. Troy, oi- ls -65 dr. Avoirdupois. = 2 lb., 3 oz., 5dr. Avoirdupois. The millimetre may for general purposes be estimated with sufficient accuracy as = -fa of an inch; the centimetre as = ± of an inch; the metre as somewhat over a yard; the gramme as = about 15 grs. Troy; the kilogramme as something over 2 lbs. Avoirdupois. The ligne and the pouce correspond respectively to T^ of an inch and one inch ; and the livre to about 1 lb. Avoirdupois. Wherever greater exactitude has seemed desirable, as was stated in the preface, the English equivalents have been merely annexed to the French expressions, or the latter have been allowed to stand by themselves.