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Which of the following is a local anaest...

Which of the following is a local anaesthetic?

A

Diazepam

B

Procaine

C

Mescaline

D

None of these

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B
The anaesthetics produce temporary insensitibility to the vital function of all type of cells, specially of nervous system and are used during surgical operations. These are classified as (a) General anaesthetic – producing unconsciousness all over the body e.g. `N_2 O`, Cyclo propane, chloroform (b) Local anaesthetic – effect only the part of body e.g. Xylocaine, Procain etc.
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