Word: picrotoxin
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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...coma. Fortunately, his record told doctors at Santa Monica Hospital how much barbiturate he had taken, and the empty pill bottle told what kind. It was too late for stomach pumping to do any good. He was promptly put on the standard treatment for such cases: an injection of picrotoxin to stimulate the nervous system, and oxygen by mask...
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