DRACHM

[Guest guest]

Sorry, ...I wasn't very specific...a drachm is an ancient Greek coin...I

have uploaded a photograph here:

http://photos./group/gallstones/lst

Dax

[Guest guest]

laser@... writes:

> Sorry, I can't hold out any longer.

> I looked in my dictionary and confirmed that " drachm " is just another

> way of writing dram (a small part of an ounce).

>

Thanks for sharing that - glad you didn't hold out (not sure why you'd want

to!). That clears it up then - but not really. So the gallbladder hold 8-10

" small parts " of an ounce. I had to look it up then to see what " small

part " might indicate and here's what I found on www.dictionary.com

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Drachm

n 1: a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60

grains [syn: <A HREF= " http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=dram " >dram</A>, <A

HREF= " http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=drachma " >drachma</A>] 2: a British

imperial capacity measure (liquid or

dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters [syn: <A

HREF= " http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=fluidram " >fluidram</A>, <A

HREF= " http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=fluid%0D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20dram\

" >fluid

dram</A>, <A HREF= " http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=fluid%20drachm " >fluid

drachm</A>] 3: a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system

equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce [syn: <A

HREF= " http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=fluidram " >fluidram</A>, <A

HREF= " http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=fluid%0D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20dram\

" >fluid dram</A>, <A

HREF= " http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=fluid%20drachm " >fluid drachm</A>

]

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So if the gallbladder holds 8-10 of them, then that means it holds up to 1.25

oz of fluid. However - the walls of the gallbladder are pliable, right? So

while 1.25 oz doesn't seem like much space, these stones are relatively small

also and the pliability of the gallbladder walls would allow it to hold more.

We've all seen the picture of that bulging gallbladder filled with stones,

right? (I'm pretty sure it's on curezone.com)

Well, while this is interesting from a technical viewpoint, the important

thing to me is that whatever was inside before is now flushed down the drain

and I will keep doing so until I stop getting results.

in health,

rachel~

[Guest guest]

: Thanks for taking the time for that - that was thoughtful. Unfortunately

: the link didn't work.

Hi ...

This is most odd...another list I'm on has had the same problem with this link

not working. It is a link to the photos section at the Gallstones

site and it works for me...most odd that other people are having problems with

it. Has the link *wrapped* in your email...i.e., has it split onto 2 lines?

Anyway, to see it, just go to the page,

gallstones

and click on the photos link on the left.

Dax

[Guest guest]

Thank you, that is what I was thinking...but couldn't find it in

my dictionary, so we can figure then, if I am remembering what

I wrote correctly, that the gall bladder holds approx. a cup

of liquid if it holds 10 " small parts of an ounce " ...all estimations

by the way. Kind of helps me to better understand the size of

the stones I saw then, suppose they couldn't have been all

that big.

L. Meydrech

" A cheerful heart is good medicine " Prov. 17:22a

http://nutritionist.tripod.com

From: Ira L. son

gallstones

Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 4:24 AM

Subject: Drachm

Sorry, I can't hold out any longer.

I looked in my dictionary and confirmed that " drachm " is just another

way of writing dram (a small part of an ounce).

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IRA L. JACOBSON