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A Radioactive Local Anæsthetic

Nature volume 161, page 857 (1948)Cite this article

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THE method of production of the local anæsthetic, dibromo procaine, described below, is of wide application, permitting the rapid formation of a saturated solution of radioactive hydrobromic acid from a small mass of active bromide. The hydrobromic acid serves as a basis for many brominations.

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  • Morel, A., Leulier, A., and Denoyel, P., Bull. Soc. Chim., 45, 435, 457 (1929).

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    FRANK HOWARTH

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HOWARTH, F. A Radioactive Local Anæsthetic. Nature 161, 857 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161857a0

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