Franciscan Children's - While Dr. Alexander Wood is credited for creating the first hypodermic syringe, Indigenous peoples actually created a method using a sharpened, hollowed-out bird bone connecting to an animal bladder
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Alexander Wood (1817-1884), Scottish physician. Wood invented (independently from Pravaz) the hypodermic needle. The syringe, consisting of a piston i Stock Photo - Alamy
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