Medicines: Apothecaries' Weights.— The units of apot caries' weights are the pound, ounce, dn scruple, and grain, divided as follows: 1 poi = 12 ounces = 96 drams = 288 scruples = 5,1 grains. The apothecaries' pound is equivalent the troy pound in the United States, but Great Britain the apothecaries' weights were c continued in 1858 under authority of the medi act, and avoirdupois weights substituted in c pensing medicines. In the United States, althou the metric system has gained in use for dispe: ing medicines, the apothecaries' weights are s used, particularly the grain, scruple (20 grair dram (60 grains), and ounce (480 grains). 1 apothecaries' pound is rarely used.
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