Hypodermic syringe

Made:: 1914-1918 in London

maker:: Allen & Hanburys Limited

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Hypodermic syringe, nickel-plated brass, cased, with tube of atropine sulphate tablets, military issue, English, 1914-1918

Details

Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A620560

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

Measurements:: case: length 75 mm
case: width 32 mm
case: height 22 mm

type:: hypodermic syringes

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Glass vial with cork stopper containing 10 'Hypoderm' hypodermic tablets consisting of 1/6 grain of morphine sulphate and 1/100 grain of atropine sulphate. Morphine is a powerful analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions.Atropine is also a stimulant.