Ampoules are small glass containers for liquid medicine, with a capacity of 1 ~ 25ml. Commonly used for storing drugs for injection, vaccines, serum, etc. , also used for packaging oral liquid. However, it is not popular because it is difficult for consumers to open it and it is easy to cause accidents.
Ampoules were first used to hold blood samples of the deceased and were buried next to the deceased, which is more common in Roman tombs and Christian tombs. At first, only the funeral of martyrs could enjoy this kind of treatment, and later it became a common custom.
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Modern ampoules are made of glass tubes and are widely used to hold injections and high-purity chemicals that must be isolated from the air. The nipple of ampoule is sealed with open flame, isolated from air, and the bottleneck is marked. When pressure is applied, the bottleneck will break to extract the liquid medicine.
Before opening, scratch the bottle neck with a grinding wheel, disinfect the bottle neck, put the nipple up, make all the liquid medicine flow into the bottle, and then break the bottle neck. The fragile ampoule is marked with the pre-cut part of the manufacturer at the nipple, and the nipple can be broken directly in this direction.
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