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SYNOPSIS OF VETERINARY 



The prefix : 

 Greek 



Latin . 



(" Myria means 10,000 

 J Kilo means 1,000 

 ) Hekto means 100 



COMPARATIVE APOTHECARY AND METRIC 

 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



WEIGHTS. 



GRAINS. GRAMME. 



1A0 : °° oo6 S 



bSo °°° I2 9 



.000324 



.00043 

 .00054 

 .00065 

 .00086 

 .00108 

 .00129 

 .00324 

 .00540 

 .00648 

 .0081 

 .0108 

 .0129 

 .0162 

 .0216 

 .0324 

 .0648 

 .1269 

 .3240 

 ■S832 

 .6480 

 .9720 

 1.2960 

 1.6200 

 2 . 5920 

 3-8232 



i50 



lis 



i_ 

 100 



h 



ft 



1 



2 



5 



9 



10 



15 



20 



25 



40 



59 



60 (1 drachm) 3.C 



2 drachms 7-776 



2Y2 " 9.720 



4 " 15-552 



1 ounce 31-103 



1% ounces 46.656 



3 " 93-310 



10 ounces 311.035 



I lb 497-656 



1V2 lbs 746-484 



2 lbs 995-312 



MEASURES. 



MINIMS. CUBIC CENTIMETERS. 



1 0.06l 



2 O.I23 



3 0.185 



5 0.308 



6 0.370 



8 0.493 



10 0.616 



15 0.924 



16 1. 00 



17 1. 061 



18 1. 122 



20 1.23 



50 3-o8 



1 fl'd dm 3.69 



2 " 7-39 



3 " n-09 



5 " 18.50 



7 " 26.00 



FLUID OZS. CUBIC CENTIMETERS. 



1 29.573 (29.57) 



av'ge estimate. 



2 59-14 



3 88.71 



5 I47-85 



8 236.59 



10 295.73 



16 473.17 



^ftVa 1000.00 (a Liter.) 



METRIC FLUID MEASURES. 



When using the metric system, fluids are preferably pre- 

 scribed by weight, employing the gramme, its multiples and 

 subdivisions, just the same as with solids, thus avoiding the 



