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Nov
12
2015

The Complete History Of Opium (Abridged) - Richard J. Miller

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When: Thursday, November 12, 2015
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT

Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Searle Seminar Room, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Contact: Bryan Morrison   (312) 503-1927

Group: Medical Humanities & Bioethics Lunchtime Montgomery Lectures

Category: Lectures & Meetings

Description:

The Complete History Of Opium (Abridged)

Richard J. Miller, PhD
Professor in Pharmacology, and
Medical Humanities and Bioethics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Opium and its derivatives are of great importance in medicine being the best drugs for controlling pain. They also played an important part in the development of recreational drug taking in Western countries. We will briefly discuss the history of opiates in medicine and some examples of their influence on art and artists.

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