Aqua ad

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Fiat mistura

“ ‘This solution deposits in a few hours the greater part of the strychnine salt as an insoluble bromide in transparent crystals. A lady in England lost her life by taking a similar mixture: the precipitated strychnine collected at the bottom, and in taking the last dose she swallowed nearly all of it!’

“ ‘The following prescription has become famous in text books: