“Memoire sur l’opium” in Annales de Chimie, Vol. 45, 1803, pp. 257-285
Paris: Victor Masson, 1803. 1st Edition. BOUND FIRST EDITION OF A SIGNIFICANT EARLY PAPER ON THE ISOLATION AND STRUCTURE OF MORPHINE. Derosne’s paper marks the discovery of a component of morphine, narcotine and “foreshadowed the emergence of alkaloid chemistry as an important field of research” (DSB, 4, p. 41). Charles.....