1805
Medicine
Germany
Morphine isolated
Friedrich Serturner separated the active alkaloid from opium.
Why it mattered
The first pure drug isolated from a plant, founding pharmacology.
Industrial Age
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Friedrich Serturner separated the active alkaloid from opium.
Why it mattered
The first pure drug isolated from a plant, founding pharmacology.
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