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== History of Morphine == | == History of Morphine == | ||
[[ | [[File:MorphinePoppy2.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Morphine comes from an alkaloid found in the sap of the opium poppy.]] | ||
Freidrich Wilhelm Adam Serturner (1783-1841), a German pharmacist's assistant, first derived morphine from opium in 1803. Morphine, like opium, comes from the opium poppy (''Papaver somniferum''). Specifically, it comes from the milky sap produced by the mature buds of these poppies<ref>[http://waynesword.palomar.edu/opium.htm]</ref>. After several experiments, Serturner isolted an organic alkaloid from this sap 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=newsmedical>[http://www.news-medical.net/health/Morphine-History.aspx]</ref>. | Freidrich Wilhelm Adam Serturner (1783-1841), a German pharmacist's assistant, first derived morphine from opium in 1803. Morphine, like opium, comes from the opium poppy (''Papaver somniferum''). Specifically, it comes from the milky sap produced by the mature buds of these poppies<ref>[http://waynesword.palomar.edu/opium.htm]</ref>. After several experiments, Serturner isolted an organic alkaloid from this sap 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=newsmedical>[http://www.news-medical.net/health/Morphine-History.aspx]</ref>. | ||
