Joe Reid wrote:
>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.

Looks like it was a laxative or something. <g>

Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
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