Comments on: Mystery Object – Wakefield https://bshm.org.uk/mystery-object-wakefield/ Fri, 13 Oct 2017 22:26:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Martyn Thomas https://bshm.org.uk/mystery-object-wakefield/#comment-47 Fri, 13 Oct 2017 22:26:16 +0000 http://bshm.org.uk/?p=2336#comment-47 Was the wheel some way of administering the curare? Charles Waterton travelled to British Guiana and brought curare back from there.

]]> By: Ann Ferguson https://bshm.org.uk/mystery-object-wakefield/#comment-46 Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:23:38 +0000 http://bshm.org.uk/?p=2336#comment-46 Yes Martyn, the black tips are curare. The next questions are;
1 What was the function of the wheel on the right?
2 How were they used?
3 Who brought them back from Guiana?

]]> By: Amer https://bshm.org.uk/mystery-object-wakefield/#comment-45 Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:39:38 +0000 http://bshm.org.uk/?p=2336#comment-45 What is it called? How does it work?!

]]> By: Martyn Thomas https://bshm.org.uk/mystery-object-wakefield/#comment-44 Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:05:37 +0000 http://bshm.org.uk/?p=2336#comment-44 Could the black tips be curare?

]]> By: bshmchris https://bshm.org.uk/mystery-object-wakefield/#comment-43 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 22:41:00 +0000 http://bshm.org.uk/?p=2336#comment-43 Clue – an aid to anaesthesiology..

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