Yerry Simpson wrote in USMA 24768:
I found the following reference giving dates of metrication events in UK pharmacy history:www.rpsgb.org.uk/pdfs/mussheet11.pdf -- Terry Simpson
A Scottish friend of mine in 1937 took a prescription for so many gr (grains) to a pharmacist in Vienna. The pharmacist interpreted gr as grams. The result was alarming.
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