A manual of hypodermatic medication : The treatment of diseases by the hypodermatic method / by Roberts Bartholow.

  • Bartholow, Roberts, 1831-1904.
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[1882], ©1882
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Credit: A manual of hypodermatic medication : The treatment of diseases by the hypodermatic method / by Roberts Bartholow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Undoubtedly the utmost circumspection is necessary in the use of the needles,—for dis¬ eased blood, or specific virus, may he transmitted from one person to another. Besides the cleanli¬ ness enjoined, the practitioner must see to it that needles used in infected persons must not he again employed in those free from infection. There are several methods by which the hypo¬ dermatic syringe may he charged with the re¬ quired dose of the'solution. The fluid may be drawn up into the barrel by aspiration, or the cap ot the barrel may be unscrewed, the piston re¬ moved, and the solution poured into the barrel. The former is more convenient. If air enter when the fluid is being drawn up, it may be readily expelled by inverting the barrel and moving up