Morphine Use in Surgery Led to the Invention of the Hypodermic

question 16

True/False

Morphine use in surgery led to the invention of the hypodermic needle in 1853 because doctors at that time believed patient addiction to morphine could be avoided if the drug were injected rather than swallowed.

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