Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertürner (born 19 June 1783 in Neuhaus, Germany (near Paderborn), died 20 February 1841 in Hamelin) was a German pharmacist, who discovered morphine in 1803. Jump to: navigation, search June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... 1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Neuhaus refers to: Albert Neuhaus Gert Neuhaus Gustav Neuhaus Heinrich Neuhaus Max Neuhaus Richard John Neuhaus Stanislav Neuhaus Amt Neuhaus Neuhaus Tower This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Jump to: navigation, search Position of Paderborn in Germany Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the district Paderborn. ... Jump to: navigation, search February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hamelin (German: Hameln) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Jump to: navigation, search Morphine (INN), the principal active agent in opium, is a powerful opioid analgesic drug. ...

As a pharmacist's apprentice in Paderborn, he was the first to isolate morphine from opium. He called the isolated alkaloid "morphine" after the Greek god of dreams, Morpheus. In the years following, he investigated the effects of morphine. However, it only became widely used afer 1815. In 1809, Sertürner opened his first own pharmacy in Einbeck. In 1822, he bought the main pharmacy in Hamelin (Rathaus Apotheke), where he worked until his death in 1841. Jump to: navigation, search Position of Paderborn in Germany Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the district Paderborn. ... Jump to: navigation, search Opium is a narcotic analgesic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L. or the synonym paeoniflorum). ... An alkaloid is a nitrogenous organic molecule that has a pharmacological effect on humans and animals. ... Jump to: navigation, search Morphine (INN), the principal active agent in opium, is a powerful opioid analgesic drug. ... Morpheus is the principal god of dreams in the Greek Mythology. ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Einbeck is a city in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district Northeim. ... Hamelin (German: Hameln) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...