"How long a time would be required to eliminate it from that organ?"
"Ordinarily it should be eliminated from the system entirely within forty-eight hours. Certainly after that length of time, it should not appear in the stomach."
"And yet in this case you found morphine in the stomach?"
"Yes, sir."
"So that to be there, it must have been administered within two days, and could not have been there as a result of accumulation beyond that time?"
"I should say that the presence in the stomach proves that the administration must have occurred within two days."
Upon re-cross Mr. Bliss asked a few questions.
"On your original examination, Professor, you said that you found morphine in the intestines and in the stomach. Where did you find the greater quantity?"
"In the intestines!"
"If, because of kidney disease, morphine were retained in the system, where would you look for it after death?"