This invention concerns a synergistic combination of a topical anesthetic
and wound barrier forming agent capable of providing extended analgesia
of `significant open wounds` (that being, for example, a laceration,
surgical incision, abrasion, ulcer or burn, but not being a minor cut,
scratch, sting, burn or abrasion) in which conventional management
alternatives (such as suturing and/or administration of injected or
systemic analgesia) are impractical, unaffordable or otherwise
unavailable.