Description
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Medal issued to commemorate the German pharmacist Friedrich Wilhelm Sertüner. Although he did not discover morphine, Sertürner was the first to publish his scientific work on it in 1805-1806. He discovered its alcaloïd nature and named it morphium.
Reference: Rudolf Schmitz, Pharmacy in History, Vol. 27, No. 2 (1985), pp. 61-74 |
