1 Calories Burned For Walking: 4.6 km/h (13 minutes per km). 2  Calories Burned For Walking: 4 km/h (15 minutes per km). 3  Calories Burned For Walking: 3.15 km/h (19 minutes per km).
The first true hypodermic syringe was created by Alexander Wood in 1853. He modified a regular syringe, which at that time was used for treating birthmarks, by adding a needle. He then used this new device for introducing morphine into the skin of patients who suffered from sleeping disorders.
The use of tourniquets, tight straps around an arm or leg and tightened with a windlass to stop bleeding, have been around for nearly 400 years. The first documented case of a tourniquet used on the battlefield was in 1674.