one-fortieth-grain

Updated: May 4, 2025

While being supported along the deck he collapsed, and when the mate undressed him and put him to bed he complained of soreness in his groins. I examined them and found them slightly swollen. Treated him for ague calomel, salts, quinine and whisky, and one-fortieth-grain strychnine hypodermic solution to keep up his heart action when the fever registered one hundred and four and higher.

Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne - Cappy Ricks Retires