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To: Stoat
You'll frequently find liquid measures expressed in grams instead of ounces in medical parlance.

How does that reconcile with liquids of different densities?

19 posted on 08/26/2011 5:13:52 PM PDT by meyer (We will not sit down and shut up.)
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To: meyer

Oops - I think that the conversion chart (grams to ounces) is dealing with weight ounces, not the liquid measure of ounces. As in, 16 ounces to the pound, rather than 8 ounces to the cup.


21 posted on 08/26/2011 5:18:04 PM PDT by meyer (We will not sit down and shut up.)
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To: meyer
You'll frequently find liquid measures expressed in grams instead of ounces in medical parlance.

How does that reconcile with liquids of different densities? 

 

Prescriptions involving liquids can be expressed in a variety of ways, but since in a given instance you're going to be referring to a single substance, it's just a matter of mathematical conversion from one mode of expression to another. 

22 posted on 08/26/2011 5:23:02 PM PDT by Stoat (If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
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