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Cooldude101

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The major active chemical in opium is __________.
 
  a. morphine
  b. heroin
  c. laudanum
  d. none of these

Question 2

______ developed the process that separated morphine from opium in 1803.
 
  a. F.W. Serturner
  b. Thomas DeQuincey
  c. Alder Wright
  d. William Halstead



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

a



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