Message Number: SG1504 | New FHL Archives Search
From: mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2002-09-22 03:07:37 UTC
Subject: RE: 0.1
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <8958002.1032664057586.JavaMail.root@scandium>

While we're on the subject, I also believe it would be helpful if, when asking/posting about medication dosages, the dosage was listed in milligrams (mg) instead of milliliters (ml). The liquid quantity (ml)rarely tells the actual drug dosage. Or at least list the mg per ml of the drug.

Author wrote:
> What is commonly done in the sciences is if a number begins with a
> decimal point then a zero is stuck in first so that the decimal point
> will not be missed. That prevents accidents, misreading, and poor
> vision errors.