CHAPTER VII. 



WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



TITJIT*. 



One gallon measure contains 8 pints. 



One pint 16 ounces. 



One ounce 8 drachma. 



One drachm , 60 minims. 



DRY ST7BSTANC1S. 



One pound contains 12 ounces. 



One ounce 8 drachms. 



One drachm 60 grains. 



One scruple 20 grains. 



SCALE OF MEDICAL DOSES. 



If a grown person, may take one drachm. 



A person from seven to fourteen half a drachm. 



From four to seven one-third of a drachm. 



Four years one-fourth of a drachm. 



Generally speaking, twenty grains of powder fill a tea-spoon. Be 

 careful, however, on this point. 



THE suggestions in this department of our work, are in 

 no way designed to take the place of the medical man. 

 Should any of our readers have occasion for medical help, 

 let them at once employ a. judicious and careful physician. 

 No one gains anything by doctoring himself, if it be pos- 

 sible to procure the services of a regular practitioner. But 

 it very often happens to the resident of a new country, 

 that he must be his own doctor ; and it seems to us to be 



