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Doctor John Boyd is the only person who has any curari in this city—to that I am willing to swear.
From The Lost Despatch by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
"What did you do on discovering the curari was gone?"
From The Lost Despatch by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
"Doctor, are you acquainted with the poison known as curari or curarine?"
From The Lost Despatch by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
Taken internally its effects are innoxious—indeed there are those who believe it to be beneficial, and the curari is often swallowed as a medicine.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Mayne Reid
Yew was anciently employed as a poison in Europe, much as is the curari to-day in Central America.
From The Naturalist on the Thames by C. J. (Charles John) Cornish
