Monthly Archives: June 2014

Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertuerner
June 19 is Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertürner’s birthday. Sertürner was a German pharmacist and largely responsible for taking pharmacology from alchemy to chemistry. In 1804, Sertürner was an apprentice to a pharmacist where he worked with opium. Opium is a narcotic derived from the sap harvested from opium poppy seed pods. It has was […]

Today In Science History – June 19 – Morphine

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William Lassell
June 18 is William Lassell’s birthday. At the beginning of Queen Victoria’s reign, the port city of Liverpool had just built its first steam railway to the city of Manchester. This would make Liverpool the focus of import/export for much of England’s manufacturing trade. Liverpool would quickly become one of Europe’s […]

Today In Science History – June 18 – William Lassell   Recently updated !

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