re hypodermic needle in article c vij co eis calstate edu becky olsen bolsen eis calstate edu writes hi i am doing a term paper on the syringe and i have found some information it is said that charles pravaz has invented the hypodermic needle but then i have also found that alexander wood has invented it does anyone know which one it is of if it was anyone else if there is anymore information that is out there could you please send it to me thank you very much becky olsen looking in the evolution of anaesthesia by m h armstrong davison pub williams wilkins baltimore i found the following chronology charles gabriel pravaz inventor of the galvanocautery describes a glass syringe with tapered nozzle this syringe was intended to be used with a special trocar for injecting ferric chloride into aneurysms and thus to heal them by coagulation alexander wood of edinburgh invents the hypodermic needle and adapts pravaz s syringe for use with it you might also be interested to read about the experiments of sir christopher wren in described by oldenberg clarck in the philosophical transactions of the royal society in using a sharpened quill and a pig s bladder he injected opium wine and beer into the veins of dogs don mackie um anesthesiology will disavow
