A local anesthetic of the ester type that has a slow onset and a short duration of action. It is mainly used for infiltration anesthesia, peripheral nerve block, and spinal block. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1016).
    

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'Luminal' the original product : high blood pressure aggravated by emotional stran- prescribe 'theominal' ; 'Novocain'-'Cobefrin'.

'Novalgin' the antirheumatic.

H-3 (procaine hydrochloride) therapy in aging institutionalized patients : an interim report / Joseph O. Smigel [and others].

Partial gastroectomy under local anaesthesia.

"H-3*" in the battle against old age : a dramatic new use for novocain?.

Behandlung rheumatologischer Erkrankungen durch Anästhesie / von Egon Fenz.

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H-3 (procaine hydrochloride) therapy in aging institutionalized patients : an interim report / Joseph O. Smigel [and others].

Partial gastroectomy under local anaesthesia.

"H-3*" in the battle against old age : a dramatic new use for novocain?.

Partial gastroectomy under local anaesthesia.

Behandlung rheumatologischer Erkrankungen durch Anästhesie / von Egon Fenz.