Beats me. I'm sure there's some sort of analytical chemistry answer to it.
In that entire series, I have never used syringes, but glass pipettes.
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Beats me. I'm sure there's some sort of analytical chemistry answer to it.
In that entire series, I have never used syringes, but glass pipettes.
I'm talking about the non jabby types. They can be used to suck and squirt fluids. These and turkey basters have been used since ancient Roman times. It's sad we lost knowledge of the bastardius.
Uninteresting fact #4876 - 7/11 s in Thailand sell two sizes of syringe.....the 'non-jabby' type of course!
And out of nowhere.
I have one in my kitchen for injecting marinade into meat (niche product not particularly useful)... I guess it is the jabby type
I wonder if it had something to do with the materials that made up the syringes.
Glass doesn't interact with a lot of liquid as far as I know.
Im sure they would have used perfectly safe and non reactive materials like lead, copper, silver, leather and sea sponges... Umm yeah good point.
They had glass, but I don't think glass tubes were perfected until the late medieval ages. Besides they didn't really do much microbe research until pasteur came along.
Pipettes didn't really happen until 19th Century I believe. So, for something like 150 years, this weird practice was used.