Ever wondered about the invention of this miracle drug when a local anesthetic agent is given through a syringe? The current article unravels the history lying behind the history of this miraculous drug. Local anesthesia was introduced 124 years ago, only 62 years after general anesthesia, which was introduced 166 years ago.
Studies report that the works of Sigmund Freud lead to believe that he had the intuition to use cocaine as a local anesthetic for surgical procedures, or even that he played any role in the discovery of local anesthesia is not true. Sigmund Freud and cocaine Freud, a pioneer in medical sciences decided to study aspects of cocaine and dedicated himself to its study by inspiring Schroff and Von Anrep He ingested it on several occasions and he felt that cocaine when taken by mouth exerted a curious unsensitizing effect on the nerves of the tongue; he used it as an…
