amaranthus Posted:

Yes, but please try to be quiet. Haven’t you finished your tea yet? And please don’t touch anything. Some of these plants contain contact poisons, and I haven’t yet managed to synthesize antidodes for all of them yet.

Here is the strychnos toxifera, the one from which curare is made.

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I’m still working on isolating alcuronium from it. Isolating turbcurarine is a relatively simple procedure; however, turbocurarine is fairly… well-known as a muscle relaxant in the western medical tradition, and therefore not always suitable for my purposes, if you know what I mean.

Hmmm… yes, still working on the tea. Anyone would think you were trying to get me sleepy.

I just love the way that latin rolls off your tongue. Is it true that the prettiest flowers are often the deadliest?