GBC
Volume

Minim

Modern equivalent

0.059 millilitres

The smallest fluid volume block in apothecary tracking, historically roughly one drop of medicine.

Representing one-sixtieth of a fluid drachm, the minim allowed apothecaries to dispense extremely potent, life-or-death doses of liquid drugs with microscopic precision.

Related units

Fluid Drachm

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