Past tense, Mr. Dvorsky---pharmacists USED the 12-ounce (apothecary) pound. In
my 37 years of practice, I have NEVER used it. Except where they have to
intersect with the pre-metric world (those blasted pint stock bottles from
outside the Rx-Only realm), pharmacy calculations employ ONLY metric units.
Yeah, right---don't like decimal measurement? WHY, change the numeration
system, of course! I'd like to see the attitude of your average dozenal
supporter toward metric. I notice that the two dozenal societies are based in
the U.S. and Britain. Find me one in France.
Just FYI: avoirdupois pound = 16 ounces of 437.5 grains each
apothecary pound = 12 ounces of 480 grains each
Somebody back there liked ONE standard unit--the grain, common to both
avoirdupois and apothecary. It's the same grain. 1 gr. ~= 65 mg
Paul Trusten, Registered Pharmacist
Vice President and Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
[email protected]
On Jul 8, 2013, at 19:41, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
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