Edinburgh Medical Journal, Volume 5, Issue 1Oliver and Boyd, 1860 - Medicine |
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Page 194
... troy weight , which , from certain peculiarities in its lower sub - divisions , has been especially designated as the apothecaries ' weight ; and that this was thenceforward appointed to be held as appropriated for exclusive use in ...
... troy weight , which , from certain peculiarities in its lower sub - divisions , has been especially designated as the apothecaries ' weight ; and that this was thenceforward appointed to be held as appropriated for exclusive use in ...
Page 196
... troy or apothecaries ' weight , which was therefore still in requisition for all minor subdivisions , such as the drachm , scruple , and grain . Thus , that which had commenced with just pretensions to the credit of the uniformity and ...
... troy or apothecaries ' weight , which was therefore still in requisition for all minor subdivisions , such as the drachm , scruple , and grain . Thus , that which had commenced with just pretensions to the credit of the uniformity and ...
Page 198
... troy ounce is the heavier , yet as the druggists and grocers sell by the avoirdepois weight , the apothecaries do not generally use the troy weight for pounds and ounces ; whereby it happens , that , when ingredients are some pre ...
... troy ounce is the heavier , yet as the druggists and grocers sell by the avoirdepois weight , the apothecaries do not generally use the troy weight for pounds and ounces ; whereby it happens , that , when ingredients are some pre ...
Page 200
... troy weight for our gold and silver and of avoirdupois for our copper coinage , states that " it is difficult to conceive a system more thoroughly contrived in every part to cause intricacy and con- fusion ; " and demands an alteration ...
... troy weight for our gold and silver and of avoirdupois for our copper coinage , states that " it is difficult to conceive a system more thoroughly contrived in every part to cause intricacy and con- fusion ; " and demands an alteration ...
Page 201
... troy standard , and adopting the avoirdupois standard , as that towards which there existed elsewhere a universal ... weight . If we took rectified spirit as our standard , a pint of it exceeded a troy pound by above half an ounce : if ...
... troy standard , and adopting the avoirdupois standard , as that towards which there existed elsewhere a universal ... weight . If we took rectified spirit as our standard , a pint of it exceeded a troy pound by above half an ounce : if ...
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acid action admitted Alexander Wood aneurism antimony aorta appear arsenic arteries asphyxia asthma attended avoirdupois blood body bone breathing bronchial cause character chest child circumstances College of Surgeons colour conjunctiva considerable cord Council croup death diarrhoea dilated disease doses doubt drachm dyspnoea Edinburgh effect enteric fever epidemic evidence examination existence experience fact fatty grain hæmorrhage healthy heart Hospital iliac Infirmary irritation labour less liver London London Fever Hospital lungs matter Medical Council medical officers medicine membrane mortality muscles nature observed occurred operation opinion organ ounce pain passed patient pelvis poison practice practitioners present pulse pythogenic fever quantity regard relapsing fever remarkable removed respiration result Royal College Scarlet Fever side skin stomach surgery symptoms tion tissues tracheotomy treatment troy troy weight tube tumour typhus ulceration urine uterus vessels vomiting wards weight wound