In one of the books I'm reading, it suggests that there used to be a set of codified colloquialisms for measurements of dried herbs etc, that were used by docto

In one of the books I'm reading, it suggests that there used to be a set of codified colloquialisms for measurements of dried herbs etc, that were used by doctors, apothecaries, etc. It defined a "pugil" as "the amount you can pick up between your thumb and first two fingers". I wonder how many more of these eminently practical, useful terms have been lost to the centuries. Perhaps they're still in use, in the appropriate fields of endeavor.