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
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.