Opium before morphine: the elusive quest for the active principle of drugs
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Resumo: | The idea that the history of modern, essentially experimental, pharmacology began in the early years of the 19th century is widely shared by scholars. The emblematic milestone is the isolation of morphine by Friedrich Sertürner in 1805. Nevertheless, a closer look into 18th century pharmacology shows that contemporary scholars were utterly persuaded that there were principles of activity in matter, and that they could be isolated in the laboratory. In the present paper we show that disciplinary demarcation was one of the key elements defining the framework within which doctors, naturalists, chemists and pharmacists sought to answer one of the greatest medical enigmas of all times: how do narcotics act? |
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Opium before morphine: the elusive quest for the active principle of drugsThe idea that the history of modern, essentially experimental, pharmacology began in the early years of the 19th century is widely shared by scholars. The emblematic milestone is the isolation of morphine by Friedrich Sertürner in 1805. Nevertheless, a closer look into 18th century pharmacology shows that contemporary scholars were utterly persuaded that there were principles of activity in matter, and that they could be isolated in the laboratory. In the present paper we show that disciplinary demarcation was one of the key elements defining the framework within which doctors, naturalists, chemists and pharmacists sought to answer one of the greatest medical enigmas of all times: how do narcotics act?Centro Simão Mathias de Estudos em História da Ciência2015-12-11info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionHistorical Inquiryapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/article/view/25685Circumscribere International Journal for the History of Science; Vol. 16 (2015); 93-102Circumscribere International Journal for the History of Science; v. 16 (2015); 93-1021980-7651reponame:Circumscribereinstname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)instacron:PUC_SPenghttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/article/view/25685/18580Waisse, SilviaTarcitano Filho, Conrado Marianoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2017-10-25T01:12:04Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/25685Revistahttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhcPRIhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/oai||circumhc@pucsp.br1980-76511980-7651opendoar:2017-10-25T01:12:04Circumscribere - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)false |
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Opium before morphine: the elusive quest for the active principle of drugs |
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Opium before morphine: the elusive quest for the active principle of drugs |
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Opium before morphine: the elusive quest for the active principle of drugs Waisse, Silvia |
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Opium before morphine: the elusive quest for the active principle of drugs |
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Opium before morphine: the elusive quest for the active principle of drugs |
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Waisse, Silvia |
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Waisse, Silvia Tarcitano Filho, Conrado Mariano |
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Waisse, Silvia Tarcitano Filho, Conrado Mariano |
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The idea that the history of modern, essentially experimental, pharmacology began in the early years of the 19th century is widely shared by scholars. The emblematic milestone is the isolation of morphine by Friedrich Sertürner in 1805. Nevertheless, a closer look into 18th century pharmacology shows that contemporary scholars were utterly persuaded that there were principles of activity in matter, and that they could be isolated in the laboratory. In the present paper we show that disciplinary demarcation was one of the key elements defining the framework within which doctors, naturalists, chemists and pharmacists sought to answer one of the greatest medical enigmas of all times: how do narcotics act? |
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