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A diagram illustrating how to measure medicine accurately from 1926, using a graduated cylinder with fluid drams as the measuring unit (also called fluidrams, fluid drachms, or fluidrachms). Originally contained the caption "HOW TO MEASURE."

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The Art of Dispensing: a Treatise on the Methods and Processes Involved in Dispensing Medical Prescriptions] (10th ed.). London: Chemist and Druggist. 1926. p. 28. OCLC 429791028.

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Source Homan, Peter G. (2002). "Information Sheet 11: Balances, Weights and Measures" (PDF). Objects in the history of pharmacy. Royal Pharmaceutical Society. OCLC 754932428. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
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