1804 ⟶ Morphine Isolated from Opium

Friedrich Sertürner discovers morphine as the first active a...
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🧪 Morphine Isolated from Opium

Friedrich Sertürner discovers morphine as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant.⟶
Morphine Isolated from Opium (1804)
ChemistryMedicinePharmacology
GermanyGermany

🧪 Morphine Isolated

Morphine first isolated.⟶
Morphine Isolated (1804)
ChemistryMedicinePharmaceuticalsPharmacology
GermanyGermany

🧪 Wöhler Synthesizes Urea, Dismantling Vitalism

Friedrich Wöhler synthesized urea, refuting vitalism.⟶
Wöhler Synthesizes Urea, Dismantling Vitalism (1828)
ChemistryScientific RevolutionModern Science
GermanyGermany

🧪 Cocaine Isolated by Friedrich Gaedcke

Cocaine is isolated by Friedrich Gaedcke.⟶
Cocaine Isolated by Friedrich Gaedcke (1855)
ChemistryPharmaceuticalsExtraction
GermanyGermany

🧪 Eugen Baumann Synthesizes Polyvinyl Chloride

Polyvinyl chloride, more commonly known as vinyl, is synthesized by German chemist Eugen Baumann⟶
Eugen Baumann Synthesizes Polyvinyl Chloride (1872)
ChemistryMaterial ScienceIndustrial Revolution
GermanyGermany

🧪 Alfred Bertheim Synthesizes Arsphenamine

Alfred Bertheim: Arsphenamine, the first modern chemotherapeutic agent⟶
Alfred Bertheim Synthesizes Arsphenamine (1907)
MedicinePharmacology
GermanyGermany