Cover; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Preface; Prologue; 1. The South American Arrow Poison; 2. Unravelling the Mystery; 3. Claude Bernard; 4. Dangerous Remedies; 5. The Controversy; 6. Otto Loewi and Henry Dale; 7. Serendipity; 8. Curare in Anaesthesia; 9. A Milestone in Anaesthesia; 10. Problems; 11. Unanswered Questions; 12. The Way Forward; 13. The Mongoose and the Snake; 14. New Drugs; 15. Lessons Learned; 16. Epilogue; Further Reading and References
