[Local anesthetics (LA). Introduction (1)].
A brief historical review of man's attempts to produce pain relief is presented, from physical measures: compression, application of cold, to anesthetic gases and up to the introduction of cocaine and its synthetic derivatives. These offer us now a wide range of drugs with characteristics and properties of local anesthetics which are more and more effective and at the same time with fewer undesirable side effects.
Rubio Alonso
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Burgos Sanchez-Escribano
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Chaparro Heredia
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D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000266:history*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000266:history*; D003042:Cocaine; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008012:Lidocaine; D009609:Nitrous Oxide
D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D008012:Lidocaine; D003042:Cocaine; D009609:Nitrous Oxide
Anestésicos locales (AL). Introducción (I).