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M*A*S*H :: Taking the Fifth (09x09)
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| Title: | Taking the Fifth |
| Episode #: | 09x09 |
| Production Number: | Z407 |
| Original Airdate: | Monday January 19th, 1981 |
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Surgeries take longer because the Army has forbidden the use of curare, necessary for complete muscle relaxation. When B.J. cannot even get a patient completely under, Potter goes livid, and then he and Klinger go to a Canadian camp for some of the drug. Hawkeye, meanwhile, plans to wine and dine one lucky nurse who wins a special contest!
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The curare mentioned in this episode is, in fact, the same drug used as arrow poison by certain South American natives. It has somewhat fallen out of favor in recent years as newer and safer alternatives become available, but the basic principle still applies: complete muscle relaxation makes surgical manipulation much easier and surgeries quicker (and therefore safer). Such drugs do require patients receive respiratory support during surgery.
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The concern about the use of curare as an anesthesia did not surface until 1954, the year after the Korean conflict subsided.
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