{{Short description|Liquid injection device}}{{multiple image|total_width=300 | image1 = MorphineSyrette.JPG | caption1 = British syrette containing Omnopon, {{circa|1990s}} | image2 = Morphine Monojet.jpg | caption2 = Syrette of morphine from World War II, on display at the Army Medical Services Museum }}

A '''syrette''' is a single-use device for injecting liquid through a needle. It is similar to a syringe except that it has a sealed squeeze tube instead of a rigid tube and piston. It was developed by the pharmaceutical manufacturer E.R. Squibb & Sons (eventually merged into the current day Bristol-Myers Squibb) just prior to World War II (WWII).<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref>

{{multiple image | total_width = 300 | image1 = Syrette.jpg | 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 }}

In WWII, the 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).<ref>{{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}}</ref> After injection the used tube was often pinned to the receiving soldier's collar to inform others of the dose administered.<ref name=":0" />

The syrette was adopted for use by the United States Army in 1940.<ref name=":0" /> The US military also distributed atropine in syrettes.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Chemical treatment was subsequently distributed in autoinjector form.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

== See also == *Uniject

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== External links ==

* [http://www.museumofdrugs.com/morphine.html Museum of Drugs Morphine]

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