Drachm

Examples

• Then add 1 drachm of hydrochloric acid previously diluted with 1 ounce of water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Butter already rancid can be improved by treatment with a stronger solution (8 drachms of acid to 1 gallon of water), followed by washing in pure water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• From one to two drachms in one-half pint of water, applied by means of a douche. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• To every gallon of juice to be filtered there is placed in the filter 2 ounces of charcoal, 2 scruples of crushed mustard seed, and 6 drachms of ground sassafras root. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• When cold add 3 drachms of yellow bichromate of potash and stir thoroughly. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Washed with an aqueous solution (four drachms of acid to a gallon of water), or kept in it, or wrapped in cloths soaked in this water, keeps fresh for a very long time. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• To keep meat for several days from becoming high or tainted: Place it for twenty or thirty minutes in an aqueous solution of 8 drachms of salicylic acid to one gallon of water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Maroon ink may be made by mixing equal quantities of black, blue, and red inks; yellow by adding 1-1/4 drachms of picric acid to 1 pint of hot water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Dose, eight drachms for an adult; four drachms for a child of twelve years; two drachms for seven years old, after each liquid motion. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.

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