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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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Cocaine, the Victorian wonder drug
Today, cocaine has a very poor public image as one of the causes of crime and violence. But for the Victorians it was welcomed as the saviour of modern surgery.
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Hypodermic syringe, 1853
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Alexander Wood's Hypodermic syringe, 19th century
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Hypodermic Syringes. Manufacturer's catalogue, p. 322.
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Hypodermic Syringe and injector, emergency case
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Hypodermic Syringe in a silver-plated container