Lidocaine, the first amino amide-type local anesthetic, was first synthesized under the name xylocaine by Swedish chemist Nils Lofgren in 1943.
Lidocaine, owokuqala acid amide-uhlobo izinzwa wendawo, labonakala okokuqala kwemiqondo ngaphansi kwegama xylocaine ngu wemithi Swedish Nils Lofgren ngo 1943.