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== History of Morphine == | == History of Morphine == | ||
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'' | Freidrich Wilhelm Adam Serturner (1783-1841), a German pharmacists's assistant, first derived morphine from opium in 1803. After several experiments, he isolted an organic alkaloid from opium and found that this alkaloid was ten times more powerful than opium itself. He named this new substance morphine after Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams, due to morphine's ability to induce sleep<ref name=morphineaddictionhelp/>. Sertürner and Company first marketed morphine to the public in 1817<ref name=newsmedcal>[http://www.news-medical.net/health/Morphine-History.aspx]</ref>. | ||
== Morphine Abuse == | == Morphine Abuse == | ||
