(C.) YOUNG'S FORMULA. For children under twelve years the doses of most medicines must be diminished in the proportion of the age, to the age increased by twelve, thus : 1 Gr. 16-gr. 20 19 " 7 7+12 (B.) GAUBIUS'S TABLE.-Doses according to age. Adult, 1 17 10 11 30 40 12 Above this age an inverse gradation must be observed. 2 10+12 APPENDIX. (4.) WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF THE BRITISH PHARMACOPŒIA. (b.) MEASURES OF CAPACITY. 1 inch 30.1303 133 seconds pendulum. (Length of the pendulum vibrating seconds of mean time in the latitude of London in a vacuum at the level of the sea = 39-1393 inch.) (e.) RELATION OF DOMESTIC TO PHARMACEUTIC MEASURES. teaspoonful is generally equal to 1 fluid drachm. dessertspoonful 1 tablespoonful 1 wineglassful 1 teacupful is generally equal to 5 fluid ounces. 1 breakfastcupful 2 4 1 tumblerful 14-2 fluid ounces. 8 10 Grains of water. APPENDIX. (B.) WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF THE METRICAL SYSTEM. One Gramme weight of a cubic centimetre of water at 4° C. One millilitre is equal to one cubic centi- One metre is equal to the ten-millionth part of a quarter of the meridian of the earth. |