The following table shows the toxicity of some of the Auto-toxins as compared with that of other poisons:

SUBSTANCE.

MINIMUM LETHAL DOSE PER K.

INVESTIGATOR.

Normal Urine

45.00 cc.

Bouchard.

Urine of Jaundice

13.00 cc.

Bouchard.

Aceton

8.00 g.

Albertoni.

Urea

6.60 g.

Herter.

Ethyl Alcohol

6.00 g.

Albertoni.

Normal Bile

4.00 g.

Vulpian.

Curin

0.63 g.

Bohm.

Gerontin

0.50 g.

Grandis.

Putrescin

0.50 g.

Pohl.

Cholin

0.50 g.

Brieger.

Paraxanthin

0.40 g.

Schmiedeberg

Caffein

0.25 g.

Allen.

Invertin

0.20 g.

Ammonia (anhydrous)

0.15 g.

Bouchard.

Methyl Guanidin

0.10 g.

Brieger.

Eel Serum

0.10 g.

Mosso.

Morphin

0.0607 g.

Wood.

Emulsin

0.05 g.

Sturin

0.02 g.

Thompson.

Arsenic

0.0153 g.

Lachese.

Culpein

0.015 g.

Thompson

Phosphorous

0.0076 g.

Wood.

Strychnin

0.005 g.

Wood.

Hydrocyanic Acid

0.001 g.

Cushny.

Tetanotoxin

0.0006 g.

Brieger.

Ricin

0.0004 g.

Cushny.

Abrin

0.0001 g.

Ehrlich.