Research Catalog

Title

Poison arrows / Stanley Feldman.

Author

Feldman, Stanley A.

Publication

London : Metro, 2005.

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Details

Description

xxv, 272 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

In the 16th century, when explorers travelled deep into the jungles of South Africa in search of gold and spices, they brought back many colourful tales of their adventures to amaze and impress their sponsors. None of these tales was more astonishing, or caused more concern, than that of the mystical properties of the substance with which the natives anoited their darts and arrows. They described, in some detail, 'the flying death', caused by the magical South American arrow poison curare. inside jacket cover.

Alternative Title

Poison arrows : The amazing story of how Prozac and anaesethetics were developed from deadly jungle poison darts.

Subject

• Curare > Therapeutic use
• Curare > History
• Curare-like agents
• Curare > history
• Anesthesia > history
• Curare > therapeutic use
• Neurotransmitter Agents > history
• Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-244).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Prologue -- Introduction -- 1. The South American arrow poison -- 2. Claude Bernard -- 3. Damgerous remedies -- 4. Serendipity -- 5. Chemical transmission -- 6. The transmitter -- 7. A milestone in anaesthesia -- 8. Questionable competition? -- 9. Unanswered questions -- 10. Looking for answers -- 11. The mongoose and the snake -- 12. Solutions? -- 13. The effect on clinical practice -- Epilogue.

ISBN

184358137X (hbk.)

OCLC

• 61326677
• SCSB-12520967

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library