Hypodermic syringe

Made:: 1901-1930 in England

maker:: Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited

Hypodermic syringe, all glass, in nickel-plated brass case

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Hypodermic syringe, all glass, in nickel-plated brass case
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Hypodermic syringe, all glass, in nickel-plated brass case, English, 1901-1930

Details

Category:: Medical Glass-ware

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A619563

Materials:: case, brass (nickel-plated) and syringe, glass

type:: hypodermic syringes

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Parts

phial; controlled drug; morphine

Glass vial with cork stopper to contain 10 tabloid hypodermic tablets (only three remain) consisting of 1/4 grain of morphine sulphate. Morphine is a powerful analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions.