Dope pushers posing as urologists, dermatologists, or any branch of medicine in which the treatment can be frequent, and the regular use of local anesthetics is normal.
In fact, a doctor who got appendicitis there back in the 1960s had to take out his own appendix using only local anesthesia and a couple of makeshift assistants.
For Heimlich, we chose a local anesthetic powder that when dissolved in water and breathes across their gills, causes anesthesia in the same way that would for an air-breathing animal breathing in gas.
In the hope of restoring his eyesight, Tarkington had to go through more than twelve operations within one year. With local anaesthetic! Did he rail against this? He knew it had to be done.
When you go to the dentist who works on your teeth, the dentist will often give you a " local anesthetic" to numb the parts of your mouth where the dentist will be working.