1625 SANTORIO, Santorio [SANCTORIUS] (1561 – 1636)

Commentaria in primam fen primi libri canonis Avicennae.

The chief value of this work is in its cautious revelation of the principles of construction of various instruments that Santorio had invented, including a hygrometer, a pendulum for measuring pulse rate, a syringe fo…

GMN 2668 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3506

1818 BLUNDELL, James (1790 – 1877)

Experiments on the transfusion of blood by the syringe.

Blundell invented a syringe by means of which he was able to transfuse dogs.

GMN 2015 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1984

1855 WOOD, Alexander (1817 – 1884)

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…

GMN 1969 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3750

1937 MEYERHOF, Max (1874 – 1945); IBN ALĪ AL MAUSILĪ, 'Ammār (996 – 1020)

The cataract operations of 'Ammar Ibn Alī Al-Mausilī by Max Meyerhof.

Mausilī invented a hollow metallic syringe, which he applied through the sclerotic, and successfully extracted cataracts through suction.

GMN 9441 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11624