Twenty 2-thiopseudoureas and related 2-aminothiazoles are shown to be four-to twentyfold more siirface anesthetic and two-to sixfold more anesthetic by infiltration in guinea pigs than lidocaine hydrochloride. Although most of the tabulated 2-thiopseudoureas are more toxic than lidocaine, nevertheless, 19 of them have substantially greater margins of safety (RA/RT= 1.3-2.8). A higher degree of anesthesiophoric specificity is noted for the 2- ...