White water and black magic [by] Richard C. Gill.

Title
  1. White water and black magic [by] Richard C. Gill.
Published by
  1. New York, Henry Holt [c1940]
Author
  1. Gill, Richard Cochran.

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Description
  1. xiv, 369 p.
Summary
  1. Gill describes the discovery of native South American peoples' use of a deadly toxin in medicinal ways, and how that toxin has been transplanted into western drug therapy.
Subject
  1. Curare
  2. Curare
  3. Indians of South America > Amazon River Valley
  4. Indians of South America > Ecuador
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. Map on end-papers.
  2. Illustrated title-page.
Processing action (note)
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