Word: novocain
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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...spread on the surface of the tooth, painlessly destroys all capacity for pain within 60 to 90 seconds. Dr. Hartman has tested his "desensitizer" on some 500 cases in his school's clinic, succeeded where the best previous methods had left the patient to suffer excruciating pain. Unlike novocain and other anesthetics, the new substance produces no aftereffects, leaves tooth pulp normal and healthy. "It is so simple to use," declared Dr. Hartman, "that the patient is not aware of its application...