The history of the discovery of procaine (novocaine), Part 3
/ P. Stolyarenko // Danish Scientific Journal. — 2022. - № 59. - С. 23‑35.
Abstract
The beginning is published in DSJ 2022, No. 56, p. 26‒36, No. 57, p. 22‒35. Part three, focuses on the significance of the discovery of novocaine for the development of local anesthesia. The biography of the inventor of novocaine, the chemist Alfred Einhorn, fragments of the history of Höchst, and the development of local anesthesia with novocaine in Russia in the early 20th century and during World War I are described. To be continued.