1887 EDELEANU, Lazăr (1861 – 1941)
Über einige Derivate der Phenylmethacrylsäure und der Phenylisobuttersäure.
Synthesis of phenylisopropylamine, later known as amphetamine. Its stimulant effects were unknown until it was independently resynthesized by Gordon Alles.
GMN 7917 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10090
1930 ALLES, Gordon A. (1901 – 1963)
Clinical observations on phenylethanolamine sulfate.
In 1929 Alles discovered the sympathomimetic properties of beta-phenyl-isopropylamine (amphetamine). With G. Piness and H. Miller.
GMN 7918 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10091
1936 MYERSON, Abraham (1881 – 1948)
Effect of Benzedrine sulfate on mood and fatigue in normal and neurotic persons.
Myerson, an American neurologist, psychiatrist, clinician, pathologist, and researcher, funded by Benedrine manufacturer Smith, Kline and French, promoted Benzedrine (i.e. amphetamine) as an anti-depressant, leading t…
GMN 7919 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10092
1937 BRADLEY, Charles (1902 – 1979)
Behavior of children receiving benzedrine.
Bradley showed that racemic amphetamine, that is, the 50:50 mixture of d- and l-amphetamine isomers (Benzedrine®), was shown to reduce the impulsivity, distractibility, and inattention characteristic of Attention Defi…
GMN 7980 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10156
