- Saline Drip — 2021-08-12 20:46:29
…on in 1832. {{TOC}} Intravenous therapy (IV) is a method of rehydration that delivers fluids directly into a vein via a syringe. Using gravity the fluid is held in an elevated bag and //drips// through tubing into the vein. {{Image url="SalineDr…
- Hypodermic Syringe — 2021-08-12 20:33:54
…Hypodermic Syringe :: === Alexander Wood 1853 === ~-[[Medical]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox Caption="Hypodermic syringe" image="Alexander_Wood.jpg" Width="350" Who="Alexander Wood" birth_date="10 December 1817" birth_place="Fife, Scotlan…
…uary 1884" }} In 1853, Wood (1817 – 1884) born in [[Scotland]] invented the first hypodermic needle that used a true syringe and hollow needle. Alexander Wood was the first to develop a syringe with a needle fine enough to pierce the skin in 1…
…853. Charles Gabriel Pravaz of Lyon was making a similar syringe which quickly came into use in many surgeries under the name of 'The Pravaz Syringe'. == Christopher Wren 1656 == Chr… - Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23
… finally published and Jenner coined the word **vaccine** from the Latin 'vacca' for cow. == Ridicule == {{Image url="Syringe.jpg" class="right" }} Jenner was widely ridiculed. Critics, especially the clergy, claimed it was repulsive and ungodly…