Lightboxes
Carrito
alb3808054

Ad for Bayer's Drugs, Including Heroin, 1899

Advertisement for Bayer Company's drugs, including Trional, Lycetol, Salophen and Heroin. From British Medical Journal, published April 8th, 1899. Diacetylmorphine (heroin) was first synthesized in 1874 by C. R. Alder Wright, an English chemist, but his invention did not lead to any further developments, and diacetylmorphine became popular only after it was independently re-synthesized 23 years later by another chemist, Felix Hoffmann. Hoffmann, working at Bayer in Elberfeld, Germany, was instructed by his supervisor Heinrich Dreser to acetylate morphine with the objective of producing codeine, a constituent of the opium poppy, pharmacologically similar to morphine but less potent and less addictive. Instead, the experiment produced an acetylated form of morphine one and a half to two times more potent than morphine itself. The head of Bayer's research department reputedly coined the drug's new name, "heroin," based on the German heroisch, which means "heroic, strong.' From 1898 through to 1910, diacetylmorphine was marketed under the trademark name Heroin as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough suppressant.
Compartir
pinterestPinterest
twitterTwitter
facebookFacebook
emailEmail

Añadir a otro lightbox

Añadir a otro lightbox
add to lightbox print share
¿Ya tienes cuenta? Iniciar sesión
¿No tienes cuenta? Regístrate
Compra esta imagen
Cargando...
Título:
Ad for Bayer's Drugs, Including Heroin, 1899
Descripción: Ver traducción automática
Advertisement for Bayer Company's drugs, including Trional, Lycetol, Salophen and Heroin. From British Medical Journal, published April 8th, 1899. Diacetylmorphine (heroin) was first synthesized in 1874 by C. R. Alder Wright, an English chemist, but his invention did not lead to any further developments, and diacetylmorphine became popular only after it was independently re-synthesized 23 years later by another chemist, Felix Hoffmann. Hoffmann, working at Bayer in Elberfeld, Germany, was instructed by his supervisor Heinrich Dreser to acetylate morphine with the objective of producing codeine, a constituent of the opium poppy, pharmacologically similar to morphine but less potent and less addictive. Instead, the experiment produced an acetylated form of morphine one and a half to two times more potent than morphine itself. The head of Bayer's research department reputedly coined the drug's new name, "heroin," based on the German heroisch, which means "heroic, strong.' From 1898 through to 1910, diacetylmorphine was marketed under the trademark name Heroin as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough suppressant.
Crédito:
Album / Science Source / Wellcome Images
Autorizaciones:
Modelo: No - Propiedad: No
¿Preguntas relacionadas con los derechos?
Tamaño imagen:
2700 x 3461 px | 26.7 MB
Tamaño impresión:
22.9 x 29.3 cm | 9.0 x 11.5 in (300 dpi)
Palabras clave: