sentences:  A detailed paper on the pharmacology of MLA (in the form of its hydriodide salt, given the drug name "mellictine") in classical animal preparations was published from the same Institute in the following year by Dozortseva.These studies, together with related others and some original observations, are summarized in the review by Benn and Jacyno.They revealed that MLA blocked [[neuromuscular transmission]] in [[skeletal muscle]], but not [[smooth muscle]], and had some [[ganglion]]-blocking action.