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This historical review details the evolution of muscle relaxants from hunting poisons to essential anesthetic agents, highlighting the 80th anniversary of d-tubocurarine and 70th of succinylcholine.
This article provides a historical overview of the discovery and clinical application of muscle relaxants, including curare and succinylcholine, in anesthesiology.
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Málek et al. (2022) conducted a review in History of muscle relaxants. Muscle relaxants (d-tubocurarine, succinylcholine) was evaluated. This historical review details the evolution of muscle relaxants from hunting poisons to essential anesthetic agents, highlighting the 80th anniversary of d-tubocurarine and 70th of succinylcholine.
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