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Thebaine, or Paramorphine

By the action of strong acids it is converted This is also obtained from opium in colorless into creatinine, a powerful organic base, needles like those of narcotine. It does not color nitric acid red, and is much less soluble in water than codeine. with a strong alkaline reaction, and forming crystallizable salts with acids. Creatine, treated by boiling with a solution of baryta, pro-