Alphacaine

Last updated

Alphacaine or Alpha-caine is a brand name for a local anaesthetic preparation used for dental anesthesia. [1] Depending on location and manufacturer it may contain either benzocaine, articaine, or lidocaine (with or without adrenaline).[ citation needed ]

Related Research Articles

Harry Palmer Fictional secret agent

Harry Palmer is the protagonist of a number of films based on the unnamed main character in the spy novels written by Len Deighton. Michael Caine played Harry Palmer in three of the four films based on the four published novels featuring this character. Caine also starred as this character in two other films not directly based on Deighton's novels.

Michael Caine English actor

Sir Michael Caine is an English actor. Known for his distinctive South London accent, he has appeared in more than 160 films in a career spanning seven decades, and is considered a British film icon. As of February 2017, the films in which Caine has appeared have grossed over $7.8 billion worldwide.

<i>The Caine Mutiny</i> (film) 1954 war drama film by Edward Dmytryk

The Caine Mutiny is a 1954 American military drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk, produced by Stanley Kramer, and starring Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, Robert Francis, and Fred MacMurray. It is based on Herman Wouk’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1951 novel of the same name.

Hall Caine British novelist and playwright

Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine, usually known as Hall Caine, was a British novelist, dramatist, short story writer, poet and critic of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Caine's popularity during his lifetime was unprecedented. He wrote fifteen novels on subjects of adultery, divorce, domestic violence, illegitimacy, infanticide, religious bigotry and women's rights, became an international literary celebrity, and sold a total of ten million books. Caine was the most highly paid novelist of his day. The Eternal City is the first novel to have sold over a million copies worldwide. In addition to his books, Caine is the author of more than a dozen plays and was one of the most commercially successful dramatists of his time; many were West End and Broadway productions. Caine adapted seven of his novels for the stage. He collaborated with leading actors and managers, including Wilson Barrett, Viola Allen, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Louis Napoleon Parker, Mrs Patrick Campbell, George Alexander, and Arthur Collins. Most of Caine's novels were adapted into silent black and white films. A. E. Coleby's 1923 18,454 feet, nineteen-reel film The Prodigal Son became the longest commercially made British film. Alfred Hitchcock's 1929 film The Manxman, is Hitchcock's last silent film.

La Caine Commune in Normandy, France

La Caine is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

<i>Menace II Society</i> 1993 film directed by Albert and Allen Hughes

Menace II Society is a 1993 American teen hood drama film directed by the Hughes Brothers in their directorial debut. The film is set in Watts and Crenshaw neighborhoods of Los Angeles, and follows the life of Kaydee "Caine" Lawson and his close friends. It gained notoriety for its scenes of violence, profanity and drug-related content, and also received critical acclaim for the performances of Turner, Pinkett, and Tate, the direction, and its realistic portrayal of urban violence and powerful underlying messages.

Caine Prize Annual literary award for best original short story by an African writer

The Caine Prize for African Writing is an annual literary award for the best original short story by an African writer, whether in Africa or elsewhere, published in the English language. The £10,000 prize was founded in the United Kingdom in 2000, and was named in memory of Sir Michael Harris Caine, former Chairman of Booker Group plc. Because of the Caine Prize's connection to the Booker Prize, the award is sometimes called the "African Booker". The prize is currently known as the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. The current Chair of the Board is Ellah Wakatama.

Phenoxybenzamine Chemical compound

Phenoxybenzamine is a non-selective, irreversible alpha blocker.

<i>The Man Who Would Be King</i> (film) 1975 film by John Huston

The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 Technicolor adventure film adapted from the 1888 Rudyard Kipling novella of the same name. It was adapted and directed by John Huston and starred Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Saeed Jaffrey and Christopher Plummer as Kipling. The film follows two rogue ex-soldiers, former non-commissioned officers in the British Army, who set off from late 19th century British India in search of adventure and end up in faraway Kafiristan, where one is taken for a god and made their king.

Uri Caine Musical artist

Uri Caine is an American classical and jazz pianist and composer.

<i>Kung Fu: The Legend Continues</i> Television series

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues is an action/crime drama series and sequel to the original 1972–1975 television series Kung Fu. While the original Kung Fu series was set in the American old west, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues was set in modern times. It starred David Carradine and Chris Potter as a father and son trained in kung fu – Carradine playing a Shaolin monk, Potter a police detective. The series aired in syndication for four seasons from January 27, 1993, to January 1, 1997, and was broadcast in over 70 countries. Filming took place in Toronto, Ontario. Reruns of the show have been aired on TNT.

Kappa Alpha Psi Historically African American fraternity

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. (ΚΑΨ) is a historically African American fraternity. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never restricted membership on the basis of color, creed or national origin though membership traditionally is dominated by those of African heritage. The fraternity has over 160,000 members with 721 undergraduate and alumni chapters in every state of the United States, and international chapters in the United Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, Japan, United States Virgin Islands, Nigeria, South Africa, and The Bahamas.

<i>The Caine Mutiny</i> Novel of WW2 US Navy Court Martial, Pulitzer prize 1952

The Caine Mutiny is a 1951 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk. The novel grew out of Wouk's personal experiences aboard two destroyer-minesweepers in the Pacific Theater in World War II. Among its themes, it deals with the moral and ethical decisions made at sea by ship captains. The mutiny of the title is legalistic, not violent, and takes place during Typhoon Cobra, in December 1944. The court-martial that results provides the dramatic climax to the plot.

<i>The Quiet American</i> (2002 film) 2002 film by Phillip Noyce

The Quiet American is a 2002 film adaptation of Graham Greene's bestselling 1955 novel set in Vietnam, The Quiet American. It is directed by Phillip Noyce and stars Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, and Do Thi Hai Yen.

<i>The Ipcress File</i> (film) 1965 British film

The Ipcress File is a 1965 British espionage film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Michael Caine. The screenplay, by Bill Canaway and James Doran, was based on Len Deighton's novel The IPCRESS File (1962). It received a BAFTA award for the Best British film released in 1965. In 1999, it was included at number 59 on the BFI list of the 100 best British films of the 20th century.

Frank Caine Australian rules footballer

Frank Caine was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.

John Thomas Caine American politician

John Thomas Caine was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Utah.

Matt Malloy is an American actor and producer who has appeared extensively on television, film, and radio. Malloy's break-out performance was his co-starring role alongside Aaron Eckhart and Stacy Edwards in the 1997 black comedy movie In the Company of Men, which he co-executive produced. He also co-starred in the Amazon comedy series Alpha House as Mormon GOP Senator Louis Laffer from Nevada.

<i>Gone</i> (novel series) Young adult book series by Michael Grant

Gone is a bestselling book series written by Michael Grant.

Wayne Caines Bermudian lawyer and politician (born 1970)

Wayne Caines Born and raised in Bermuda, Wayne graduated Oakwood University in 1993, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and a Minor in Political Science. He is also a graduate of the University of Kent, School of Law and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), where he was trained as an infantry officer as part of the Territorial Army Officers Commissioning Course. He is the son of Michael and Shurnett Caines, married to Maxanne Anderson since 1996, and they have one daughter Maxanne Caines II.

References

  1. "Alpha-Caine®". www.dentaltech.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-20.