Friedrich Wilhelm Sertürner and the discovery of morphine.

Abstract

JL he discoverer of morphine, the pharmacist Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Serturner, was the fourth of six children, born into a family whose name (variously spelled by relatives) suggests possibly a Mediterranean origin. They lived in Paderborn, a town of north central Germany. In Schloss Neuhaus, nearby, Friedrich was born on June 19, 1783. 1 His father, who called himself an architectus, probably served as surveyor and engineer to the prince-bishop. After the father died, the family appeared to be without sufficient means. F. W. A. Serturner therefore gave up his original plan of choosing a profession similar to that of his father. He grasped an opportunity, typically provided by the profession of pharmacy at that time, to learn a desirable occupation that offered opportunities for advancement and had close connections with the natural sciences.2 On September 29, 1799, Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Serturner began his apprenticeship in Cramer's Court Pharmacy (Cramersche Hofapotheke) in Paderborn. He completed it in the relatively short time of four years on August 2, 1803, and passed the

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