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Word: perineum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...jawbreaking phrase, as "heavy nupercaine to produce saddle-block anesthesia." Nupercaine is a cocaine substitute. "Heavy" means that it is loaded with a glucose (sugar) solution to make it heavier than the body's spinal fluid. "Saddle block" aptly describes the area anesthetized (the inner thigh and perineum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Without Pain | 6/28/1948 | See Source »

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