Friedrich Wilhelm Sertürner
(1783-1841)

image of William Serturner
Morphine was first isolated from opium by Friedrich Wilhelm Sertürner in 1805. Sertürner named the bitter white crystalline alkaloid after Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams.


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