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CHAPTER XLI.
LOCAL AND REGIONAL ANESTHESL^
Definition. Local anesthesia is that term applied to the results
obtained when only a circumscribed part of the body is rendered
without sensation.
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Fig. 144.—Horizontal injection, o represents place of puncturing the soft tissues.
Divisions of Local Anesthesia are surface anesthesia, infiltration
anesthesia, intra-alveolar anesthesia, and regional anesthesia (fre-
quently called conductive).
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