National Museum of Civil War Medicine - "The first devices recognizable as hypodermic syringes were independently invented virtually simultaneously in 1853 by Scottish physician Alexander Wood and French surgeon Charles Gabriel Pravaz."
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![Surgeons' Hall Museums on X: "A glass and brass syringe in a velvet lined case. This syringe was owned by Alexander Wood who is credited with the invention of the hypodermic needle. Surgeons' Hall Museums on X: "A glass and brass syringe in a velvet lined case. This syringe was owned by Alexander Wood who is credited with the invention of the hypodermic needle.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjJ6-zmXkAAFOTy.jpg)