“Precise experimentation,” said Holmes one morning, and then: “You wondered how I came by my ritual seven percent solution of cocaine.”<\/p>\n
“Holmes!” I exclaimed, for his surmise was correct.<\/p>\n
“I note, Watson, that you are reading this month’s Lancet, which advises a tincture of ten percent, and then your gaze falls upon the desk where I keep my needle, suggesting a connection between the two. Six percent proves insufficient to break my ennui, while eight percent causes the mind to race. Seven percent stimulates the mind, without deleterious effects.”<\/p>\n
“You make your deductions sound commonplace.”<\/p>\n
“‘Twas nothing, my dear fellow.”<\/p>\n
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