Alexander Wood (medic)

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Alexander Wood
Modern glass syringe, similar to Wood's design, but with additional volume markings.

Alexander Wood (born December 10, 1817 in Cupar , Fife , † February 26, 1884 ) was a Scottish doctor.

Life

Wood attended the Edinburgh Academy and studied medicine at Edinburgh University . In 1853, Alexander Wood was the first to use a hypodermic needle for intravenous administration of morphine. The hypodermic syringe had previously been invented in France by Charles-Gabriel Pravaz , who also used it to administer drugs (ferric chloride to treat aneurysms), and the hollow needle by the Irish doctor Francis Rhynd .

Wood had been married to Rebecca Massey since 1842. The occasional claim that his wife was also the first victim of an intravenous overdose of morphine is contradicted by her death in 1895.

From 1863 he was a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .

literature

  • Thomas Brown: Alexander Wood MD, FRCPE: A Sketch of His Life and Work . Edinburgh, MacNiven & Wallace, 1886
  • Alexander Wood A New Method for Treating Neuralgia by the Direct Application of Opiates to Painful Points , Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, 1855

Web link s

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Biographical Index of former RSE Fellows 1783-2002 Part 2. (KZ) (PDF, English, accessed June 1, 2013; 1.7 MB)
  2. ↑ Ulf Glade: History of Anesthesia - The 19th Century . University of Bremen. 2010. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved on May 28, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Wood, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish doctor
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Cupar , Fife
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1884