GR translation: A syringe, a number 26 point.

[Mike Jing]

V702.9-12, P716.5-8   Shh, shh. A syringe, a number 26 point. Bloods
stifling in the brownwood hotel suite. To chase or worry this argument
is to become word-enemies, and neither man really wants to. Oneirine
theophosphate is one way around the problem.

The number 26 here refers to the needle gauge, is that correct?

Weisenburger claims that a number 26 point indicates a needle of
0.26mm in diameter, but a number 26 gauge needle would have a nominal
outer diameter of 0.4636mm. Its inner diameter, however, is indeed
0.26mm, but so is the inner diameter of a 25 gauge needle.
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