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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 121. Chapters: General anesthetics, Local anesthetics, Cocaine, Xenon, Ethylene, Sodium thiopental, Phencyclidine, Ketamine, Nitrous oxide, Fentanyl, Chloroform, Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, Halothane, History of general anesthesia, Methoxyflurane, Trichloroethylene, NMDA receptor antagonist, Propofol, Etomidate, Diethyl ether, Lidocaine, Cyclopropane, Local anesthetic toxicity, Penthrox inhaler, Articaine, Vinyl ether, Isoflurane, Secobarbital, Fospropofol, A.C.E. mixture, Dibucaine number, Sevoflurane, Hyoscyamus niger, Remifentanil, Bupivacaine, Benzocaine, Inhalational anaesthetic, List of cocaine analogues, Medetomidine, Chloroethane, Nitrous oxide and oxygen, Procaine, Topical anesthetic, Desflurane, Cocaethylene, Benzonatate, Ropivacaine, Lidocaine/prilocaine, Arylcyclohexylamine, Chloroprocaine, Mepivacaine, Methohexital, Tetracaine, Propanidid, Hexobarbital, Levobupivacaine, Phenoperidine, Trimecaine, Halogenated ether, Cinchocaine, Alfaxalone, Alfentanil, Sufentanil, Romifidine, Dimethocaine, Oxetacaine, Tricaine mesylate, Tiletamine, Anileridine, Enflurane, Proxymetacaine, Methoxypropane, Oxybuprocaine, 4'-Fluorococaine, Fluoride induced nephrotoxicity, Pramocaine, 3-(p-Fluorobenzoyloxy)tropane, Narcobarbital, Hexylresorcinol, Quinisocaine, Amylocaine, Althesin, Salicylmethylecgonine, Hexylcaine, Etidocaine, Esketamine, Ketofol, Minaxolone, Iontocaine, Piperocaine, Amino esters, Topical tac, Metabutoxycaine, Orthocaine, Phenacaine, Butacaine, Hydroxydione, Propoxycaine, Equithesin, Meprylcaine, Mebucain, Butanilicaine, Rodent cocktail, Americaine. Excerpt: Cocaine (benzoylmethylecgonine) (INN) is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite...