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Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 12:03
PM
Subject: Re: Injectable Morphine
In a message dated 10/17/2003 5:01:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
rtunison@cox.net writes:
Not long ago someone asked about injectable
morphine carried by corpsmen or medics. I think this is an accurate
answer.
"The morphine Syrettes -
small tubes with a needle on one end and a dispenser on the other -
contained a quarter grain of morphine to be injected into a grievously
injured Marine to dull unbearable pain."
Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley, Bantam
Books, New York, 2000
Dick Tunison
On the day of the Inchon Landing every man in my unit was issued a
tube of injectable morphine with strict orders that it was not to use it on
anyone else, but yourself. To prevent someone from stealing it we
were also warned not to let anyone know where we kept it. Even with the
warning it seemed that everyone taped it inside their
helmets. When they passed out of the morphine they also took the
package of sulfur powder that was in our personal first-aid kits. They
said while the sulfur was effective it caused of too much
scar-tissue. Don Gill