Because it is hard to remember a tooothache when you 're all hopped up on cocaine

[ashling]

[TexasTowelie]

1. A miracle product!

Not only did it deaden the pain, but because it is addictive people kept clamoring for more. A miracle for the manufacturer indeed--fifteen cents was a small fortune in those times.

[femmocrat]

2. Oh god, I could use that.

I had terrible toothache that required a root canal. I had the root canal on Weds. and I am still hurting. This sucks majorly.

[Wait Wut]

3. Another benefit...

...those kids will be asleep at 8pm...after they build 1,295 more of those little stick houses and climb every tree in the orchard. Don't expect them to get up for church in the morning, though.

[cyberswede]

4. I think dentists still use it.

A friend of mine lived in an apartment above a dentist's office, and that office received deliveries of cocaine along with Novocaine, etc.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. also optometry, too - I think. n/t

[Major Nikon]

6. I had some work done on an eye once and they used cocaine

They put some on my eye also.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. numbing agent extradonaire. never did care for the stuff myself. to each his own, I guess.