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somewhat aggravated by the
presence of strychnine,
and other drugs in a medicinal
capsule, and possibly also by
the presence of a very small amount of strychnine
contained in its medicinal
proportions contained in a
dose of bicarbonate of soda.

The occurrence of this strychnine
{with?} bicarbonate of soda
is as yet unexplained. The fact
that it is as yet not in excess
of the usual medicinal proportions
suggests either an error of a
pharmacist or else that the
combination was prepared for
tonic purposes.

There is no
evidence that there is any
connection between the presence
of a medicinal minute quantity
of strychnine in the bicarbonate
of soda, with the unexplained
occurrence of the same drug strychnine in large