To reduce the pain of the initial injection, a topical anaesthetic ointment may be applied.

At the hospital he received an initial injection of Haldol, Sergeant Clifford said.

The recommendations call for an initial injection, a second shot a month later, and then a third injection 12 months after the first.

The cost of treatment declined to around £2000 for initial injections as its popularity grew.

The whole thing, according to Launius, will take no more than a week from initial injection to final excretion.

A high voltage source for the initial injection of particles.

Ideally, this is administered in three injections, with the second and third dose one and six months following the initial injection.

Demmet had given the patient, a healthy, forty-five-year-old male, an initial injection of sodium pentothol, which put him quickly to sleep.

Indeed the total increase in national income (£167 million) divided by the initial injection of expenditure (£100 million) is known as the multiplier.

Now Havrix, a vaccine given as two initial injections followed by a booster six to twelve months later, will provide up to ten years of immunity.