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  1. Black, resinous poison extracted from the
  2. bark and juices of various South American
  3. trees and plants. Originally used on
  4. arrowheads by Amazonian hunters to paralyse
  5. prey, it blocks nerve stimulation of the
  6. muscles. Alkaloid derivatives (called
  7. curarines) are used in medicine as muscle
  8. relaxants during surgery.
  9.