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2 entries match Rheumatology, Rehab & Pain [C05 / C26] · Instruments & Devices [E07]
1845 CE
#1968
Neuralgia - introduction of fluid to the nerve.
Rynd, an Irish physician, invented the hollow needle used in hypodermic syringes. The description of his instrument is given in Dublin Quart. J. med. Sci., 1861, 32, 13.
1855 CE
#1969
New method of treating neuralgia by the direct application of opiates to the painful joints.
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…