Hypodermic syringe

Hypodermic syringe, Record type, glass and nickel plated brass, cased, with medicaments, probably German, 1905-1914

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A102075
Materials:
case, brass (nickel plated), syringe, glass, syringe, brass (nickel plated) and ampoule & tube, glass
Measurements:
case: length 47 mm
case: width 85 mm
case: height 24 mm
type:
hypodermic syringe
credit:
Osborne Co.

Parts

Glass vial with cork stopper containing approximately 25 'hypodermettes' hypodermic tablets consisting of 1/8 grain of morphine sulphate. Morphine is a powerful analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions.

phial; controlled drug; morphine

Glass vial with cork stopper containing approximately 25 'hypodermettes' hypodermic tablets consisting of 1/8 grain of morphine sulphate. Morphine is a powerful analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions.

Materials:
tube, glass
Object Number:
A102075 Pt1
type:
phial and morphine
Syringe barrel, Record type, glass and nickel plated brass, probably German, 1905-1914

Syringe barrel, Record type, probably German, 1905-1914

Syringe barrel, Record type, glass and nickel plated brass, probably German, 1905-1914

Materials:
glass , nickel plated and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Object Number:
A102075 Pt2
type:
syringe and component
Red glass ampule, containing unknown substance, probably German, 1905-1914.

Red glass ampule containing liquid substance

Red glass ampule, containing unknown substance, probably German, 1905-1914.

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A102075 Pt8
type:
glass