The Almost Perfect Murder

Dr. Pulford prudently. \"It seems a little strange, but I should not like to commit myself.\"

\"Is there any antidote for aconite poisoning?\" asked Mme. Storey.

\"Atropine,\" he answered promptly.

\"Could aconite in so highly concentrated a form be readily procured?\" was her next question.

\"It is in the pharmacopoeia,\" he said. \"Aconitina is the terra applied to the alkaloid. Therapeutically it is little used nowadays; it would be difficult to obtain,


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Dr. Pulford prudently. \"It seems a little strange, but I should not like to commit myself.\"

\"Is there any antidote for aconite poisoning?\" asked Mme. Storey.

\"Atropine,\" he answered promptly.

\"Could aconite in so highly concentrated a form be readily procured?\" was her next question.

\"It is in the pharmacopoeia,\" he said. \"Aconitina is the terra applied to the alkaloid. Therapeutically it is little used nowadays; it would be difficult to obtain,


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