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A new method for diminishing postoperative discomfort in anal surgery is described. It consists of the injection of 4 per cent xylocaine ∗ ∗XyIocaine was furnished in Iibcral amounts by Astra Pharmaceutical Products Company, Worcester, Mass. in almond oil by hypospray. † †Injectors were kindly furnished by the R. P. Scherer Corporation, Detroit, Mich. One hundred nineteen injections of oily solutions into laboratory animals produced no significant tissue reactions. Twenty-nine patients treated by this technic showed much less postoperative discomfort than a comparable control group. No evidence of local reaction was detected at the sites of injection. |
