Weights and Measures, 67 



APOTHECARIES^ WEIGHT. 



For nearly all practical purposes, quantities of fluids may 

 be measured in familiar domestic utensils to correspond to 

 the above table, as follows : 



60 drops = 1 teaspoonful = 1 drachm. 



4 teaspoonfuls = 1 tablespoonfui = J ounce. 

 2 tablespoonfuls = 1 ounce. 



1 wineglassful = 2 ounces. 



1 teacupful = 4 ounces. 



1 tumblerful = i pint. 



1 tincupful = 1 pint. 



As a familiar manner of estimating weights in dry measure, 

 we may say 



A handful of linseed, aniseed, etc. = 2 ounces. 



" dried leaves = 1 ounce. 



A hen^s egg z^ 2 ounces. 



Three silver half-dollars = 1 ounce. 



By the use of these familiar standards, it will nearly 

 always be practicable to obtain all the accuracy needed in 

 giving medicine to the lower animals. 



