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Rh him brucine; so that in the last dose I ordered for him there was one grain. This quantity, which it is perfectly safe to administer to the paralyzed frame of M. Noirtier, which has become gradually accustomed to it, would be sufficient to kill another person.”

“My dear doctor, there is no communication between M. Noirtier’s apartment and that of Madame de Saint-Méran, and Barrois never entered my mother-in-law’s room. In short, doctor, although I a you to be the most skillful and the most conscientious man in the world and although, under all circumstances, your word will be a lamp