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WOOD, Alexander (1817 – 1884)

WOOD, Alexander (1817 – 1884)

1817 – 1884

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Barraud & Jerrard, Photographers · The Medical profession in all countries containing photographic portraits from life v. 1, no. 8. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1873. Downloaded from ihm.nlm.nih.gov · Public domain

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1855 CE

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New method of treating neuralgia by the direct application of opiates to the painful joints.

WOOD, Alexander (1817 – 1884)
WOOD, Alexander (1817 – 1884)

Wood of Edinburgh was the first (1853) to employ hypodermic injection that used a true syringe and hollow needle as a therapeutic procedure. He referred to his invention as "subcutaneous" rather than hypodermic. See a…