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Early syringes used hollow bird feathers
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If you think modern needles are terrifying, you would not have survived historical medicinal practices. Before the invention of the sleek metallic hypodermic needle in 1853, practitioners used hollowed-out bird feathers attached to small animal bladders to push substances into patients. It was an incredibly crude, wildly unsanitary craft project that somehow passed as advanced care.
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