Alfred Einhorn
Alfred Einhorn · Science & Medicine
Chemist who synthesized procaine (Novocain), the first safe injectable local anesthetic.
1856, Hamburg, Germany — 1917, Munich, Germany
Germany
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Alfred Einhorn was a chemist who in 1905 synthesized procaine, marketed as Novocain, the first safe injectable local anesthetic, which replaced toxic cocaine in dentistry and surgery. He worked mainly at the University of Munich. He was born into a Jewish family in Hamburg.
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Chemist who synthesized procaine (Novocain), the first safe injectable local anesthetic.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
