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The Amazonian arrow poison that made modern anaesthesia

17 January 2018

Adventurer Richard Gill sought relief from symptoms of multiple sclerosis in an Ecuadorian tribal weapon – with wider results that live on in medicine today

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The Amazonian arrow poison that made modern anaesthesia

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