Government
Sep. 13, 2002
Safer Syringes
Forum Column - By Julie Ruiz-Sierra - One of history's little-known ironies is that a Scottish physician by the name of Alexander Wood invented the hypodermic syringe in 1853 in the hopes that the intravenous administration of opiates would cure the "terrible cravings" experienced by patients who ingested the drugs orally. However, administration by injection only made more efficient the use of opiates, intensifying their effect and, quite unintentionally, expediting dependency.
Forum Column
By Julie Ruiz-Sierra
One of history's little-known ironies is that a Scottish physician by the name of Alexander Wood invented the hypodermic syringe in 1853 in the hopes that the intr...
By Julie Ruiz-Sierra
One of history's little-known ironies is that a Scottish physician by the name of Alexander Wood invented the hypodermic syringe in 1853 in the hopes that the intr...
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