in half an hour perhaps; in an hour at the outside.\"
\"Putting aside the possibility of suicide for the moment, how could he have been induced to take it?\"
Dr. Pulford shrugged and spread out his hands. \"How can one say? It is true that aconite, like all the alkaloids, has an intensely bitter taste, but on the other hand, an infinitesimal quantity would be sufficient. As small a quantity as one three-hundredth of a grain
in half an hour perhaps; in an hour at the outside.\"
\"Putting aside the possibility of suicide for the moment, how could he have been induced to take it?\"
Dr. Pulford shrugged and spread out his hands. \"How can one say? It is true that aconite, like all the alkaloids, has an intensely bitter taste, but on the other hand, an infinitesimal quantity would be sufficient. As small a quantity as one three-hundredth of a grain
