Alexander's campaigns drew persia into the hellenistic world of silver-based coinage and a system was founded on the
silver drachm
and tetradrachm.
The ventricles contained no more than about one
fluid drachm
of clear serum.
To save possible further correspondence and also frantic searching of long neglected text and reference books: 8
fluid drachms
= 1 fluid ounce.
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