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The organic base, _nicotin_, (or _nicotia_, as some chemists prefer to call it,) exists in tobacco combined with an acid in excess, and in this state is not volatile.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Various
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"Solace," "Honey-Dew," or "Cavendish" into his mouth for the purpose of mastication, introduces at the same time from one to four grains of nicotin with it, according to the quality of the tobacco he uses.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Various
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By repeated fermentations in preparing snuff, much of the nicotin is evaporated and lost.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Various
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The pipe retains this and a portion of the nicotin in its pores.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Various
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In masticating tobacco, nicotin and nicotianin are rolled about in the mouth with the quid, but are not probably so quickly absorbed as when in the gaseous state.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Various
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It is therefore one of the active constituents of tobacco, though to a much less degree than nicotin itself.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Various
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It is possible, that, in smoking one hundred grains of tobacco, there _may_ be drawn into the mouth two grains or more of the same poison; "for, as nicotin volatilizes at a temperature below that of burning tobacco, it is constantly present in the smoke."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Various
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For while Hermstadt swallowed a grain of nicotianin with impunity, the vapor of pure nicotin is so irritating that it is difficult to breathe in a room in which a single drop has been evaporated.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Various
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On the contrary, the poor and rank tobaccoes, grown under a northern sky, are the richest in nicotin.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Various
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We are not certain that nicotin ruins ptyalin; we are certain that the functions of other organs are vicarious of those of the salivary glands.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Various
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