Definition of Curara

1. curare [n -S] - See also: curare

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curara

curably
curacao
curacaos
curacies
curacoa
curacoas
curacy
curage
curagh
curaghs
curandera
curanderas
curandero
curanderoes
curanderos
curara (current term)
curaras
curare
curares
curari
curariform
curarimimetic
curarine
curarines
curaris
curarise
curarised
curarises
curarization
curarizations

Literary usage of Curara

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1887)
"He concluded, therefore, that curara leaves unaffected certain terminal nerve-elements in the ... He then investigated the effect of curara, and found that ..."

2. A Textbook of pharmacology and therapeutics, or, the Action of drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1918)
"Since the investigations of Bernard and Kolliker, the action of curara has been known to be peripheral, and it has been tacitly accepted that it could be ..."

3. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1894)
"The curara on the darts was stated by the Indians to be solely of ... The Indians also informed Dr White- ford that they never used curara of animal origin, ..."

4. A Text-book of Pharmacology and Therapeutics; Or, The Action of Drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1918)
"Different preparations of curara were found by Boehm to contain different alkaloids. That formerly obtainable owed its activity to ..."

5. Experimental Pharmacology by Hugh McGuigan (1919)
"curara. DRUGS that act on nerve-endings may cause either stimulation or depression ... In pharmacology the action of curara is a classic both because of its ..."

6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"curara is the arrow poison of those tribes of South American Indians which ... It is shown that curara is an aqueous extract of a mixture of many plante, ..."

7. Laboratory Guide in Experimental Pharmacology by Charles Wallis Edmunds, Arthur Robertson Cushny (1918)
"curara. curara, the South American arrow poison, varies in com - position with the ... curara as obtained in commerce consists of dark brown, shining, ..."

8. Experimental Pharmacology by Dennis Emerson Jackson (1917)
"Drop on the heart a few drops of a saturated curara solution. ... If not apply more curara and stimulate again. Now stimulate the crescent and record the ..."

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