Assertion: barbiturate | /r/ObjectUse | used as anesthetic
Facets:
value: historically
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Seconal is the trade name used to market secobarbital sodium, a barbiturate used as a sedative, anticonvulsant, hypnotic and anesthetic.
text: Barbiturates produce a wide spectrum of central nervous system depression, from mild sedation to coma, and have been used as sedatives, hypnotics, anesthetics, and anticonvulsants .
text: Barbiturates have been used as sedatives and anesthetics, and they have been used to treat the convulsions associated with epilepsy.
text: Barbiturates—which produce a wide spectrum of CNS depression, from mild sedation to coma—have been used as sedatives, hypnotics, anesthetics, and anticonvulsants since they were first introduced for medical use in the early 1900s.
text: Barbiturates are a class of drugs which have historically been used as sedatives and anesthetics.