Evipan Pharm.
(ˈɛvɪpæn)
Also evipan.
A proprietary name of hexobarbitone.
| 1932 Trade Marks Jrnl. 8 June 719/2 Evipan, a medicine for human use as a hypnotic. Bayer Products, Limited..Manufacturers. 1933 Lancet 1 July 18/2 Evipan-sodium is the sodium salt of N-methyl-C-C-cyclo-hexenyl-methyl barbituric acid. 1936 A. Christie Cards on Table xxx. 278 N-methyl-cyclo-hexenyl-methyl-malonyl urea... Known more simply as Evipan. Used as an anaesthetic for short operations. 1940 ‘G. Sava’ Ring at Door ix. 133, I took out a hypodermic syringe from my bag and filled it with a dose of evipan. 1968 J. H. Burn Lect. Notes Pharmacol. (ed. 9) 52 As anaesthetics thiopentone..and hexobarbitone (Evipan) are used. |