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Pharmaceutical ampoules
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Pharmaceutical ampoules

An ampoule is a small glass vial which is hermetically sealed by melting the thin top usually with a blowtorch flame after filling, and is most commonly used as a container for hypodermic injection solutions (eg. for pharmaceuticals). An ampoule is usually designed with a score mark around the neck so that the sealed vial top may be simply snapped off cleanly by hand. The top torch is a welding torch and the bottom is a cutting torch, or blowtorch A blowtorch is a torch used to cut metal. ... Different bevels on hypodermic needles Syringe on left, hypodermic needle with attached color-coded luer lock on right. ... Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon is drug, and logos is science) is the study of how chemical substances interfere with living systems. ... Score can mean one of several things: Look up score in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


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Hitler is presumed to have died from a self-inflicted gun-shot wound; his mistress, Eva Braun, from a self-administered dose of potassium cyanide.
When Hitler had consulted his doctor as to the most efficient method of committing suicide, his doctor recommended that he shoot himself through the temple, and at the same time, bite down on an ampoule of potassium cyanide.
It is noteworthy that Hitler, this alleged vegetarian and lover of animals, had no compunction about first testing the cyanide on his dog Blondi.18
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