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of acid absorbent.

3. Ammonia as NH3 was fresent to the extent of 0.393 gram to which also must be adde 2 0.002 grom from the third bottle estimation. 4. Hydrocyanic acid 0,0103

5. Morphine - (1) 0.0163

(2) 0.0160

gram

gram gram

of mean =

.0·016/

It may be useful to compare the constituents of tobacco smoke asdetermined by Pontag with these results, both expressed in percentages

Carbon Morphine Nicotine. Ammonia, Pyridine, Hydroegamic

Gram. Gram. Gram. Gram. Gram.

0.395

0.0/03 0.147 0.36 0.15 0.004 £ 0·010

monoxide

ec

Gross Ofuum Extract

овассо

о

0.016

4124

1.16

The following shows the nature of the dross opium extract used - expressed in percentages on.

the extract:

Water Ash

Morphine

8.61

28.45

7.35

Insoluble in water 3.84

A smoker of this extract would use from five to six grams daily. She is considered to smoke in excess when he burns about double this quantity.

This dross ofiem extract is admitted by smokers to be stronger in effect than chondoo, so that to the pyridine bases, ammonia, hydrocganic acid, and such-like substones this strenght must be attributed, rather then to the morphine which has been shown to be present in very much less amount than in the smoke of chandoo.

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