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PREPARATION OF PEPTONES

purpose of conducting the peptone solution, in drops, into the flask. These drops evaporate immediately, and no scum is formed.

Fig. 9.

The peptone solution must never be strongly evaporated, until we have repeatedly satisfied ourselves, that it is actually free from sulphuric acid and