title: Muscle relaxants--the early history.
authors.affiliation: Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.forename: Rod
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Westhorpe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003472:Curare / Q000266:history* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D003473:Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents / Q000266:history* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013020:South America
chemical_list: D003473:Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents; D003472:Curare