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Grain

Grain is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.

Historical TermTraditional documentation
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Method · Traditional useTen grains of the pill contain nearly one grain of opium

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Method · Traditional usePinu Hyprararri (Mercurial Pills), in three grains contain one grain” of mercury

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Method · Traditional use‘Five grains of this pill mass contain one grain of opium

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Method · Traditional useCalomel, twelve grains; camphor, three grains ; opium, one grain ; oil of peppermint, three

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Method · Traditional useEacli lozenge contains one thirty -sixth of a grain of hydrochlorate of morphia, and

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Method · Traditional useComposiTion.—Three grains of this pill contain one grain of mercury

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Method · Traditional useHalf a fluid ounce of this tincture contains nearly a grain of | opium

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Method · Traditional useHalf a fluid ounce of this tincture contains nearly a grain of opium

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Method · Traditional useCordial confe&ion, each, a Temple ; Cantharides, in powder, a grain

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Method · Traditional usePills of Soap with Opium, in five grains, contain one grain of Opium

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Method · Traditional useOpium, inform of pill, half a grain every six hours

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Method · Traditional useOpium, in powder A grain

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