| In 1984 he was sentenced to the gas chamber for murdering 12 patients with lignocaine. |
| We designed and distributed a warning poster as soon as we knew that operating theatres had been issued with that particular kind of lignocaine. |
| Immigration officials found the prescription-only local anaesthetic, lignocaine, in a medical aid kit in his car. |
| Local anaesthetics, for example benzocaine and lignocaine are used in both lozenges and throat sprays. |
| Patients had their throat sprayed with lignocaine before endoscopy and were also offered intravenous sedation with midazolam. |
| Fortunately, in this case mistaking water for lignocaine had no serious consequences other than requiring re-injection with local anaesthetic. |
