Paul (Trusten) -- In watching a 1972 movie on television the other night,
I noticed that a hospital physician ordered a medication in grains. That
reminded me that I had never heard an explanation about how it came about
that the medicinal area became almost completely metricated at some
period after that.
I don't ever recall hearing the story about how this happened. I have
heard about the conversion of wine bottles, but I don't recall that we
have ever had an article in Metric Today about the medicinal conversion.
If anyone would know the story, Paul, you would! Could you give a brief
explanation for this USMA list and consider writing a more extensive
article for Metric Today? --Martin Morrison
