For the same approximation, the velocity of oscillation becomes five or six times greater, and, by the method employed, the last centigrammes and the milligrammes and their fractions are estimated directly, with immediate verification.
As the dial has 10 divisions on each side of the central mark, we thus estimate, without tentatives, the three last centigrammes or the last decigramme, according to the sensitiveness.
A mouse is not even killed by 5 centigrammes of dry extract, and in the case of the guinea-pig 10 centigrammes only produce a slight painful œdema.
The two glands of an adult adder contain about 10 centigrammes of poison.
The Common Viper of Europe yields scarcely 10 centigrammes of poison, while an adult Indian Cobra may excrete more than 1 gramme.
According to the ordinary composition of opium, 5 centigrammes of morphine represent about a milligramme of thebaine.
A bonbon containing 15 centigrammes of scammony, and 2 centigrammes of santonin.
The reactions previously described can be performed with fifteen centigrammes of substance, and this amount is sometimes contained in a cadaver.
In case 20 or even 10 centigrammes of substance are at hand, it is best to convert the alkaloid into its hydrochlorate, and evaporate the solution of this salt to dryness.
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