Early history. 1  References to mental disorders in early Egyptian, Indian, Greek, and Roman writings show that the physicians and philosophers who contemplated problems of human behaviour regarded mental illnesses as a reflection of the displeasure of the gods or as evidence of demoniac possession.
In the United States, the most common beer bottle holds 12 ounces of beer. There are also less common beer sizes, which include 11, 22, 24 and 25.4 ounces. A single serving of beer usually refers to 12 ounces in America and has an average alcohol content of 5 percent. Continue Reading.
One standard drink is approximately: 1  One 12-ounce can of beer, containing 5% alcohol (12 x 0.05 = 0.60 = 1 SD) 2  One 5-ounce glass of wine, containing 12% alcohol (5 x 0.12 = 0.60 = 1 SD) 3  One and a half-ounce hard liquor or spirits, containing 40% alcohol (1.5 x 0.40 = 0.60 = 1 SD)