Syrette

Syrette
Instructions for using the Syrette from the FM-21-11 Basic Field Manual –First Aid for Soldiers, April 7th 1943

The Syrette is a device for injecting liquid through a needle. It is similar to a syringe except that it has a closed flexible tube (like that used for toothpaste) instead of a rigid tube and piston. It was developed by Squibb, now the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

The morphine syrette used in World War II had a wire loop pin with a guard in the end of the hollow needle that was used to break a seal where the needle was attached to the tube. It was similar to a Superglue tube. After breaking the seal the wire loop pin was removed and the hollow needle was inserted under the skin at a shallow angle and the tube flattened between the thumb and fingers. (See subcutaneous injection.) After injection the used tube was pinned to the receiving soldier's collar to inform others of the dose administered.

The US Military also distributed atropine in syrettes. Chemical treatment was subsequently distributed in Autoinjector form.

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  • Syrette — ☆ syrette [si ret′ ] n. 〚 SYR(INGE) + ETTE〛 a small, collapsible tube fitted with a hypodermic needle and filled with a single dose of medication * * * Syr·ette (sĭ rĕtʹ) A trademark used for a collapsible tube having an attached hypodermic… …   Universalium

  • syrette — ☆ syrette [si ret′ ] n. [ SYR(INGE) + ETTE] a small, collapsible tube fitted with a hypodermic needle and filled with a single dose of medication …   English World dictionary

  • syrette — noun Etymology: from Syrette, a trademark Date: 1941 a small collapsible tube fitted with a hypodermic needle for injecting a single dose of a medicinal agent (as morphine) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Syrette — noun A collapsible tube with a hypodermic needle containing a single dose of a medicine …   Wiktionary

  • Syrette — sy·rette sə ret n, often cap a small collapsible tube fitted with a hypodermic needle for injecting a single dose of a medicinal agent …   Medical dictionary

  • syrette — n. (trademark) a collapsible tube having an attached hypodermic needle containing a single dose of medicine (Medicine) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • syrette — [sɪ rɛt] noun Medicine, trademark a disposable syringe with a single dose of a drug. Origin 1940s: from syringe + ette …   English new terms dictionary

  • Syrette — Syr·ette …   English syllables

  • syrette — /sɪˈrɛt/ (say si ret) noun a collapsible tube with an attached hypodermic needle for the subcutaneous administration of medication. {trademark; syr(inge) + ette} …  

  • Syrette — sə̇ˈret trademark used for an injection unit comprising a small collapsible tube fitted with a hypodermic needle and containing a single dose of a medicinal agent …   Useful english dictionary

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