Medicine:Syrette
A syrette is a single-use device for injecting liquid through a needle. It is similar to a syringe except that it has a sealed squeeze tube instead of a rigid tube and piston. It was developed by the pharmaceutical manufacturer E.R. Squibb & Sons (eventually merged into the current day Bristol-Myers Squibb) just prior to World War II (WWII).[1]
In WWII, the morphine syrette was included in first aid kits. It had a wire loop with a guard at the end of a hollow needle that was used to break a seal where the needle was attached to the tube. The wire loop was then removed and the needle was inserted under the skin at a shallow angle and the tube slowly squeezed from the sealed end (see subcutaneous injection).[2] After injection the used tube was often pinned to the receiving soldier's collar to inform others of the dose administered.[1]
The syrette was adopted for use by the United States Army in 1940.[1] The US military also distributed atropine in syrettes. Chemical treatment was subsequently distributed in autoinjector form.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The painkiller of battlefields". https://www.beachesofnormandy.com/articles/The_painkiller_of_battlefields/?id=96704f837c.
- ↑ "War Department FM 21-11 Basic Field Manual – First Aid for Soldiers". April 7, 1943. https://allamericanscp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/fm21-11-first-aid-for-soliders.pdf.
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