Procaine
Procaína
- Date
- 1905 · confidence high
- Place
- Munich, Germany
- Credited to
- Alfred Einhorn
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
Einhorn synthesized procaine as a local anaesthetic less toxic than cocaine, shortly after amylocaine; surgeon Heinrich Braun introduced it into clinical practice and popularized its use, especially in dentistry, under the trade name Novocaine.
Heinrich Braun, credited by Wikidata, introduced procaine into clinical use but did not synthesize it; the chemist was Alfred Einhorn.
What it led to
- Modern local anaesthesia
- Later ester-type anaesthetics
Built on
- Local anaesthesia with cocaine