Syringe length8 hundredths m
860 millionthsStatue of Liberty heights
5.2 thousandthsGarden hose lengths
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Vaccination Syringe
The needle that made deadly diseases a memory/Inventions & Discoveries
Edward Jenner performed the first vaccination in 1796, using material from a cowpox lesion to immunize against smallpox. The modern hypodermic syringe was developed by Alexander Wood and Charles Pravaz in the 1850s. A standard vaccination syringe holds about 0.5 to 1 mL, is approximately 8 cm long, and uses a needle with a bore of about 0.5 mm. Vaccination has since prevented an estimated 154 million deaths over the past 50 years.
Measurements
Needle length2.5 hundredths m
1.2 hundredthsShaquille O'Neals
5 tenthsAA battery lengths
6.9 thousandthsGazebo diameters
Needle bore500 millionths m
4.2 millionthsSki jump hills
526 septillionthsGlobular cluster widths
Dose volume500 billionths m^3
1 thousandthsHuman bladders
500 billionMitochondria
6.6 millionthsFish tanks
0.5 mL
Mass (filled)5 thousandths kg
11.9 billionthsSpace Stations
14.7 millionthsEmpty hot tubs
1.4 millionthsForklifts
Age of first vaccination7.3 billion s
60.4 millionHot Pocket cool-down periods
2,842Lunar months
Jenner, 1796