. Veterinary materia medica and therapeutics . Veterinary drugs; Veterinary medicine. PRESCRIPTION WRITING 1 DECIMETER ORXoMETER cuae I â ICH. I EACH I. Gram Gm. = 1 gram ^ Decigram dg. == l/lO gram = Centigram eg. = l/lOO gram = Milligram mg. = l/lOOO gram = The metric system has the advantage of being arranged decimally, which makes the computation of percentages easy, and the transference of a quantity of one denomination to that of another, by merely shifting a, decimal point. There are other advantages which make it of value to practitioners. Our present system is not u
. Veterinary materia medica and therapeutics . Veterinary drugs; Veterinary medicine. PRESCRIPTION WRITING 1 DECIMETER ORXoMETER cuae I â ICH. I EACH I. Gram Gm. = 1 gram ^ Decigram dg. == l/lO gram = Centigram eg. = l/lOO gram = Milligram mg. = l/lOOO gram = The metric system has the advantage of being arranged decimally, which makes the computation of percentages easy, and the transference of a quantity of one denomination to that of another, by merely shifting a, decimal point. There are other advantages which make it of value to practitioners. Our present system is not uniform with that of any other country. The English, while using the same nomenclature for weights and measures, put a different value upon. them. The system has another value, at least theoretically, in having one unit for weights and measures. The unit of the fluid measure is 1 cubic centimeter of water, which at 4° C. weighs one gram. As a matter of fact, fluids are dispensed in the metric system by measuring them in cubic centimeters (abbreviation cc), and if liquids were all of the same density as water, they would be equiv- Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Winslow, Kenelm, 1863-; Eichhorn, Adolph, 1875-. Chicago : American Veterinary Pub. Co.
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