QUININ SULPHATE
\kwˈɪnɪn sˈʌlfe͡ɪt], \kwˈɪnɪn sˈʌlfeɪt], \k_w_ˈɪ_n_ɪ_n s_ˈʌ_l_f_eɪ_t]\
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A substance, (C20H24N2O2)2SH2O4, occurring as white acicular crystals of very bitter taste, volatilizing in the air or under the influence of gentle heat, soluble in 720 parts of water, in 86 parts of alcohol, very soluble in boiling alcohol, soluble with difficulty in chloroform, and especially in ether, and containing about 75 per cent, of anhydrous q. [U. S. Ph., Br. Ph.].
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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