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Show Drug ef Great Power A drug obtained from an East Indian In-dian plant called the gasubasu which baa been nsed a a remedy for toothache tooth-ache for man) years, has now been examined by a London pharmacologist. Dr. El Hesse, who has foond that It Is one of the most powerful surface anesthetics known, about 80 times stronger than cocaine. It has a most violent action on the heart and strongly strong-ly resembles the African arrow poison. Doctor Hesse regards such s powerful poison as probably much too dangerous danger-ous to be used generally as s local anesthetic. |