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acid. The nature of these two substances was made known by 
Sertiirnerin 1816, whoat thesame time pointed out the difference 
between morphia and narcotine, a substance which had been - 
discovered in opium by Derosne in 1803 and also by Séguin. 
‘There can be no doubt that these two chemists also obtained 
morphine, but failed to distinguish it from narcotine. Warden 
(Chem. News, 38, 146,) has ean the ash of Behar opium.. 
‘It was of a light grey colour and éontajned +857 percent. of 
_ charcoal, which was deducted before calculating the percentage 
er which is as follows:—Fe’ 0%, 1°983; CaO. 7134; 
Mg O, 2310; K* O, 37:240; Na? O, 1°700; SO? 23°141; 
_ P? 0%, 10902; Si 0%, 15°274. There were also traces of : 
alumina, manganese, carbon dioxide and chlorine present. : 
_. The examinations of various kinds of Indian opium con- 
ducted by Dr. Buri in Prof. Flickiger’s laboratory (Pharm. 
_Journ.; April 24, 1875,) gave the following results: — ' 
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a ne “tr = = a er 
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a a 8 rsjs 8 3 g 3 2 < 3. ; 
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: #Bthoreal share i.e. residue | 
: drie ia the evaporation | - 
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a b—Crae ‘petonl ovsee reef OO) 9°O} 8-5) 7-6) 7-6) 8-0) 9-7) 10:2. 
: di arcu between a & 214 2'12-7/13°5/13-0] 6-5! 9-4)10 7) ... 114°8 ~ 
Pui fled —— : 4°0| 6°1) 5-5) 4-5) 4°7/ 8-1) 5 64 
/1L-2)11-9)14-1/10-6]14°4) ... |... Pee 
f[- Se pauaer ‘morphine | Mae ea eas 8-6) 4:3) 3:5) 4°6) 6-1) 3°38) 3 
by repeating the treatment with ether 
nby as thirty times. The extract remaining 
ion of the — was boiled with acetic acid, 
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