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Definition of Novocain

1. Noun. Procaine administered as a hydrochloride (trade name Novocain).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Novocain

Literary usage of Novocain

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"We have used other anaesthetics on 13 of our cases, but have up to the present time found novocain to be relatively the least harmful and the most effective ..."

2. Surgical Operations with Local Anesthesia by Arthur Emanuel Hertzler (1916)
"Novocain produces a slight initial burning and a dilatation of the capillaries ... When injected into the tissues novocain causes a slight burning and an ..."

3. Local and Regional Anesthesia: With Chapters on Spinal, Epidural by Carroll Woolsey Allen (1920)
"It is further claimed for novocain that where it is necessary to make repeated use of this agent that no danger of the formation of a habit need be ..."

4. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"It was maintained that the novocain had paralyzed the sensory and motor fibers. Later the same authors reported a case of tetanus with local contracture of ..."

5. Regional anesthesia by Gaston Labat (1922)
"Novocain Solutions.—Novocain is beyond the experimental stage and is ... Novocain is the anesthetic of choice for the following among other reasons: 1. ..."

6. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1909)
"Braun tested the value of novocain as a local anesthetic in 1905, and Biberfeld ... Braun found that novocain is a powerful but fleeting local anesthetic, ..."

7. A Text-book on Minor Surgery by John Colin Vaughan (1922)
"Novocain. This is a crystalline synthetic compound which is less toxic than cocain ... Novocain has marked anesthetic properties without local irritation, ..."

8. Army Dentistry: Forsyth Lectures for the Army Dental Reserve Corps edited by Frederick Anthony Keyes (1918)
"The point of injection is situated about 1 cm. over the oc- Pio. 102.—A MODERN EQUIPPED TABLE FOR Novocain ANESTHESIA. ..."

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