Crossword clues for drachm
drachm
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Drachm \Drachm\, n. [See Drachma.]
A drachma.
Same as Dram. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context obsolete English) A unit of weight in the apothecaries' weight system of measure. 2 A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece. n. 1 (context obsolete English) A unit of weight in the apothecaries' weight system of measure. 2 A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece.
WordNet
n. a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains [syn: dram, drachma]
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters [syn: fluidram, fluid dram, fluid drachm]
a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce [syn: fluidram, fluid dram, fluid drachm]
Usage examples of "drachm".
Researches have shown that the proportion of half a drachm of alcohol to the pound weight of the body, is the quantity which usually produces intoxication, and that an increase of this amount to one drachm immediately endangers the life of the individual.
The dose as an emmenagogue, of the fluid extract, is from two to five drops, and to arrest hemorrhage, from half a drachm to two drachms, repeated in from one to three hours.
Bathe the surface with a solution of a drachm of quinine in a pint of whiskey.
Every night before retiring, apply glycerine freely to all the affected parts, or dissolve one drachm of oxalic acid in four ounces of glycerine and anoint the skin freely.
Tincture of the chloride of iron, one drachm in one ounce of glycerine, makes an excellent local application.
The following is a very effectual remedy: take twenty grains of quinine, combined with one drachm of prussiate of iron, and divide it into ten powders, and administer a powder every three hours until the pain is completely arrested.
It consists merely of one ounce of fine Chinese vermilion and one drachm of protosulphate of iron, well triturated with boiled oil varnish.
To make Hyssop tea, one drachm of the herb should be infused in a pint of boiling water, and allowed to become cool.
An infusion made from one drachm of the dried flowers, or from half an ounce of the fresh flowers, has a purgative effect.
It takes five hundredweight of Rose petals to produce one drachm by weight of the finest Attar, which is preserved in small bottles made of rock crystal.
Against ringworm an ointment made with one drachm of thymol to an ounce of soft paraffin is found to be a sure specific.
It is a good man who can show a reaction that is not chiefly composed of a drachm or two of potash and magnesia, with traces of Adam, Ananias, Nebuchadnezzar, and the fretful porcupine.
A solution made with borax, two drachms, and morphine, fire grains, dissolved in six ounces of rose-water, makes an excellent lotion to allay the itching.
To eliminate the lead from the system, and thus prevent a return of the colic, or other injurious effects, two drachms of iodide of potassium should be added to a bottle of the Golden Medical Discovery, and a teaspoonful of this taken four times a day.
Favorite Prescription, to each bottle of which add two drachms of citrate or pyrophosphate of iron.