1874 WRIGHT, Charles Romley Alder (1844 – 1894)

On the action of organic acids and their anydrides on the natural alkaloïds. Part I.

In quest of a non-addictive alternative to morphine, Wright experimented with combining morphine with various acids. He boiled anhydrous morphine alkaloid with acetic anhydride over a stove for several hours and produ…

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2002 MUSTO, David Franklin (1936 – 2010); KORSMEYER, Pamela (1945 – ); MAULUCCI, Thomas W. Jr.

One hundred years of heroin. Edited by David F. Musto with the assistance of Pamela Korsmeyer and Thomas W. Maulucci, Jr.

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