A hydrocarbon used as an industrial solvent. It has been used as an aerosal propellent, as a refrigerant and as a local anesthetic. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 31st ed, p1403)
    

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Du bichlorure de méthylene comme agent anesthésique général.

Physiological response attending exposure to vapors of methyl bromide, methyl chloride, ethyl bromide and ethyl chloride : prepared from data contained in the report of the Bureau of Mines to the National Research Council and the Dow Chemical Company / by R.R. Sayers [and others].

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Methyl Chloride

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Du bichlorure de méthylene comme agent anesthésique général.

Physiological response attending exposure to vapors of methyl bromide, methyl chloride, ethyl bromide and ethyl chloride : prepared from data contained in the report of the Bureau of Mines to the National Research Council and the Dow Chemical Company / by R.R. Sayers [and others].