Curare
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Curare is a common name for various alkaloid arrow poisons originating from plant extracts. Used as a paralyzing agent by indigenous peoples in Central and South America for hunting and for therapeuti
Chondrodendron tomentosum, the main source of 'tube curare' and principal source of D-tubocurarine (DTC), the alkaloid constituting medicinal curare
Strychnos toxifera, the Strychnos species which is the principal source of 'calabash curare' and its main active constituent, the alkaloid toxiferine
Curare darts and quiver from the Amazon rainforest
19th century depiction of hunting with blowguns in the Amazon rainforest
Strychnine
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Strychnine is a highly toxic, colorless, bitter, crystalline alkaloid used as a pesticide, particularly for killing small vertebrates such as birds and rodents. Strychnine, when inhaled, swallowed, or
Wolves poisoned with strychnine in Abruzzo National Park, Italy, 1924.
An 1809 painting by Charles Bell depicting opisthotonus caused by tetanus
Thomas Hicks, the winner of the 1904 Olympics Men's Marathon. Hicks consumed large amounts of strychnine and brandy during the race.