half-dram

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If salivation occurs, the drinking of hot water and the taking of hot baths should be insisted upon, and half-dram doses of the alkaline sulphates prescribed. Methods of Administering Mercury. By the Mouth. This was for long the most popular method in this country, the preparation usually employed being grey powder, in pills or tablets, each of which contains one grain of the powder.

Alexander Miles - Manual of Surgery Volume First: : General Surgery. Sixth Edition.