When was the IV first used and who invented it?

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Clarification of Question by brentc25-ga on 02 Apr 2005 16:59 PST

When was the IV first used on a human and who invented it?

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Clarification of Question by brentc25-ga on 02 Apr 2005 17:20 PST

Sorry, for another clarification...when was the IV first used in a hospital?

"1665 
The first intravenous injection of a drug into an animal, a dog, by
Sir Christopher Wren (1633-1723) and Robert Boyle using a bladder
attached to a sharpened quill."

http://www.pdh-odp.co.uk/importantdates.htm