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I had just been making some physiological tests, and the bottle containing the curari was on my table.
From The Lost Despatch by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
We went into the office, and Ward told me of Miss Newton's arrest and trial, finally mentioning his suspicions that curari had been used.
From The Lost Despatch by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
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
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
"What did you do on discovering the curari was gone?"
From The Lost Despatch by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
