Apothecary scales (scales; weight)
A Picture of Health: Exeter's Medical HistoryDescriptions
The Apothecaries system of measurement were used by apothecaries and physicians when weighing ingredients for medical recipes. It divides a pound into 12 ounces, an ounce into 8 drachms, and a drachm into 3 scruples of 20 grains each.
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