What are some not-so-fun facts?

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First up, for generations, the indigenous people of South America used blowdarts laced

with paralytic plant extract to hunt their prey.

In the 1800s, English physicians who interacted with these indigenous South Americans recognized

the possible uses of the paralytic agent now known as tubo curing as an anesthetic agent

for surgeries.

Physicians noticed that animals under the influence of tubo-curoranine would become

temporarily immobilized but would recover after a period of paralysis.

According to these physicians, this discovery would revolutionize surgery as an anesthetic

agent.

So confident were they in their discovery that one of the physicians volunteered to undergo

surgery under the influence of this to demonstrate its effectiveness.

Unfortunately, he failed to realize that although the drug was an effective paralyzing agent,

it did not have any effect on the sensory receptors of the body.

So he felt every cut of the surgery without being able to move or do anything about it.

And this is from the MCAT biology book, apparently.

One of the books you use to study for the MCAT, which is the exam you take to get into medical

school.

That's gotta be one of the worst possible things that could happen to any human being.

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