Then he knew that he was not on a bed, but on a robomedic, and the tubes would be for medication and wound drainage and intravenous feeding, and the wires would be to electrodes imbedded in his body for diagnosis, and the crown-of-thorns thing would be more electrodes for an encephalograph.
"Space Viking"
Henry Beam Piper
intravenous injection should be practiced only by experienced veterinarians.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Here intravenous injections of half a grain and even one grain doses would appear to be indicated, and might yet fan the flame of life afresh, even when respiration and pulse at wrist have already ceased.
"On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote"
A. Mueller