Hypodermic syringe

Made:: 1875-1910 in Philadelphia

maker:: Weiss, John

Hypodermic syringe, glass and silver, plated brass, cased, by Weiss, London, 1875-1910. Case contains syringe tubes, morphine sulphate and tablets.

Details

Category:: Medical Glass-ware

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A619556

Materials:: case, brass (nickel-plated), syringe, glass, syringe, brass (silver-plated), lining, velvet and tube, glass

Measurements:: case: length 36 mm
case: width 74 mm
case: height 16 mm

type:: hypodermic syringes

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Parts

phial; controlled drug; morphine

Glass vial with cork stopper containing approximately 20 tabloid hypodermic tablets consisting of 1/6 grain of morphine sulphate and 1/4 grain of sodium sulphate. Morphine is a powerful analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant Sodium sulphate is a saline purgative but also used as a diuretic and also as a lymphagogue when applied to infectious wounds. It is unknown why this should be used in conjuction with morphine sulphate.