THE HISTORY OF MORPHINE

The German pharmacist Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertürner (or Barnard Courtois) first isolated morphine in 1804. He named it”morphium” after the Greek god of dreams Morpheus. Development of hypodermic needle (1853) had spread its use. Morphine was exercised as a “cure” for opium, alcohol infatuation and as an ache relief.

Over 4000,000 people suffered from the “soldier’s disease” of morphine dependence during the American civil war due to its wide use. 

In 1874 diacetylmorphine (heroin) was derived form morphine. Under the Harrison narcotics tax act of 1914 control of the drug devoid of a recommendation was criminalized in the U.S. like other dugs. 

Soldiers regularly take morphine in an auto injector while on operations.

Awaiting heroin was created and came into use morphine was the most frequently ill-treated narcotic painkiller in the world. When heroin is scarce its addicts sought morphine after prescription narcotics even today.