Serendipitous Germans
Diamorphine, also known as heroin, was first synthesized for commercial use in 1897. The men who discovered it, Felix Hoffman and Arthur Eichengrun, had also, a couple of weeks earlier, invented aspirin; for some...
acetylsalicylic acid / Arthur Eichengrun / Aspirin / Bayer / C.R. Alder Wright / diacetylmorphine / Diamorphine / Felix Hoffman / G.H. Beckett / heroin
by mike · Published 2008-05-03
Diamorphine, also known as heroin, was first synthesized for commercial use in 1897. The men who discovered it, Felix Hoffman and Arthur Eichengrun, had also, a couple of weeks earlier, invented aspirin; for some...
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