# Syrette
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{{Short description|Liquid injection device}}{{multiple image|total_width=300
| image1 = MorphineSyrette.JPG
| caption1 = [British](/source/United_Kingdom) syrette containing [Omnopon](/source/papaveretum), {{circa|1990s}}
| image2 = Morphine Monojet.jpg
| caption2 = Syrette of [morphine](/source/morphine) from World War II, on display at the Army Medical Services Museum
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A '''syrette''' is a single-use device for injecting liquid through a needle. It is similar to a [syringe](/source/syringe) except that it has a sealed [squeeze tube](/source/Tube_(container)) instead of a rigid tube and [piston](/source/piston). It was developed by the [pharmaceutical manufacturer](/source/Pharmaceutical_industry) E.R. Squibb & Sons (eventually merged into the current day [Bristol-Myers Squibb](/source/Bristol-Myers_Squibb)) just prior to World War II (WWII).[{{Cite web |title=The painkiller of battlefields |url=https://www.beachesofnormandy.com/articles/The_painkiller_of_battlefields/?id=96704f837c |access-date=Aug 17, 2024 |website=Beaches of Normandy Tours}}]
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| caption1 = Instructions for using the syrette from the FM 21-11 Basic Field Manual – First Aid for Soldiers, April 7, 1943
| image2 = Syrette diagram.jpg
| caption2 = Diagram showing wire loop pin
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In WWII, the [morphine](/source/morphine) syrette was included in first aid kits. It had a wire loop with a guard at the end of a hollow needle that was used to break a seal where the needle was attached to the tube. The wire loop was then removed and the needle was inserted under the skin at a shallow angle and the tube slowly squeezed from the sealed end (see [subcutaneous injection](/source/subcutaneous_injection)).[{{Cite web |date=April 7, 1943 |title=War Department FM 21-11 Basic Field Manual – First Aid for Soldiers |url=https://allamericanscp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/fm21-11-first-aid-for-soliders.pdf |access-date=Aug 17, 2024 |website=All Americans}}] After injection the used tube was often pinned to the receiving soldier's collar to inform others of the dose administered.