“If you had been given the money you would have been six years ahead of us,” von Ohain told Whittle when they met years later ...

In 1853, Fife-born physician Alexander Wood added a plunger and developed the first all-glass syringe that allowed doctors to estimate dosage based on the amount of liquid observed through the glass.

In 1853 a Scottish doctor named Alexander Wood was credited for the creation of the first hypodermic syringe, but a much earlier tool existed. Before colonization, Indigenous peoples had created a ...

A “proper” hypodermic syringe forces liquid through a needle and under the skin by the application of pressure. Pain relief Most historians now ascribe the invention to Alexander Wood of ...

In 1853, Fife-born physician Alexander Wood added a plunger and developed the first all-glass syringe that allowed doctors to estimate dosage based on the amount of liquid observed through the glass.