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Pharmaceutical weight

Pharmaceutical weight (used up.; synonyms: the medical weight, the Nuremberg weight) – system of weights which was applied in medico-pharmaceutical practice until the end of the 19th century; included the following units: гран, pound, drachma, ounce, scruple.

 
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