The doctor had spent time in Africa and had dealt with various poisons. Bond is given first aid treatment by his friend, René Mathis, whilst a doctor is summoned.

Tetrodotoxin paralyses the muscles of the victim while they stay fully conscious until eventually they die from asphyxiation. No, M learns from the firm's neurologist that the poison was tetrodotoxin, which is obtained from the sex organs of the Japanese pufferfish known as fugu. Bond was poisoned by SMERSH agent Rosa Klebb and collapsed at the end of the novel. The plot of the novel and the film are very similar, only differing when elements from the previous novels are referenced, primarily From Russia, with Love and Live and Let Die.įrom Russia, with Love ended in a cliffhanger with the status of James Bond unknown. It is the first novel in which Bond uses his signature Walther PPK handgun and also the first time Major Boothroyd (also known as Q, the armourer) appears, although Bond's first gadget was in the previous novel, From Russia, with Love. The novel marks the first time that a number of James Bond signature elements are used.

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