Ethocaine


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Noun1.Ethocaine - a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine
procaine
local anaesthetic, local anesthetic, topical anaesthetic, topical anesthetic, local - anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
Novocain, novocaine, procaine hydrochloride - procaine administered as a hydrochloride (trade name Novocain)
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As lignocaine was not synthesised until 1943 nor introduced clinically until 1947, Corlette predominantly used procaine (also known as novocaine, ethocaine, neocaine, planocaine, kerocaine or scurocaine) which was much less toxic than cocaine and had been synthesised by Einhorn in 1904 and used clinically in 1905 (11).
Dr Corlette and the first textbook of regional anaesthesia in Australia
Local anaesthesia--Procaine (novocaine, ethocaine).
A bibliography of articles on the history of anaesthesia and medicine in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 1972-2005

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