Question: what are the units of the apothecary system

title: Apothecaries' system
text: The apothecaries ' system or apothecaries ' weights and measures is a historical system of mass and volume units that were used by physicians and apothecaries for medical recipes , and also sometimes by scientists . The English version of the system is closely related to the English troy system of weights , the pound and grain being exactly the same in both . It divides a pound into 12 ounces , an ounce into 8 drachms , and a drachm into 3 scruples or 60 grains . This exact form of the system was used in the United Kingdom ; in some of its former colonies it survived well into the 20th century . The apothecaries ' system of measures is a similar system of volume units based on the fluid ounce . For a long time , medical recipes were written in Latin , often using special symbols to denote weights and measures . 

Answer: answer: The apothecaries ' system or apothecaries ' weights and measures is a historical system of mass and volume units,   it divides a pound into 12 ounces , an ounce into 8 drachms , and a drachm into 3 scruples or 60 grains. The apothecaries ' system of measures is a similar system of volume units based on the fluid ounce.
answer: The apothecaries' system is a system of mass and volume units, where the pound and grain were to measure weight in its English version. It divides a pound into 12 ounces, an ounce into 8 drachms, and a drachm into 3 scruples or 60 grains. The system volume units are based on the fluid ounce.