Akpaloli

Akpaloli is a poison made from the juice of a common russet-yellow weed that grows in the oases of Mars. It is colorless, and without taste or odor. It kills almost instantly, leaving no trace, and imitating closely the symptoms of heart-disease. It is in many ways a Martian equivalent to Iocaine.

But used in infinitesimal doses, Akpaloli is a very powerful stimulant, useful in cases of syncope, and serving, not infrequently to re-animate victims of paralysis in a quite miraculous manner. And Iocaine can’t do that.

Related Drugs: Clithni, Mnophka, Plutonium and Selenine.

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Origin: The Plutonian Drug by Clark Ashton Smith.