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Anesthesia, Pharmacology

Episode 345: The History of Curare with Matt O’Hara

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Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
Episode 345: The History of Curare with Matt O'Hara
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In this 345th episode I welcome Dr. Matt O’Hara, Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz, to the show to discuss his book about the history of curare.

CME: Link

The Flying Death: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374609214/theflyingdeath/

Matt O’Hara: mattohara.com

Griffith and Johnson’s original curare paper: 

Griffith and Johnson, “The Use of Curare in General Anesthesia” (1942): https://journals.lww.com/anesthesiology/pdf/10.1097/00000542-194207000-00006~the-use-of-curare-in-general-anesthesia

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Anesthesia, Critical Care

Episode 344: Allergic Response

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Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
Episode 344: Allergic Response
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In this 344th episode I go over what you need to know about how the body deals with allergic responses to prepare you for the boards and for clinical practice.

Please note, the original version of this episode mistakenly said that type 1 hypersensitivity reactions were IgG mediated. They are not, they are IgE mediated.

CME: Link