Turning to our Nineteenth Century essayists, we find chloroform is everywhere, and curare nowhere. |
If they were extracting strychnine from the curare vine for poison blowgun darts, he did likewise. |
They use blowguns and darts dipped in a type of poison called curare, which instantly paralyzes an animal. |
They were seeking an alternative to the muscle relaxant drug, curare, derived from the South American Indian arrow poison. |
The darts, sharpened at one end, are dipped in the poisonous sap of the curare tree to produce an anaesthetic effect upon the victim. |
Did you know that there's a species of frog on this island that secretes a powerful toxin known as curare? |