The Following Development Did Not Take Place in the Nineteenth-Century

question 30

Multiple Choice

The following development did not take place in the nineteenth-century:

• A) the extraction of morphine from opium
• B) the extraction of heroin from morphine
• C) the invention of the hypodermic syringe
• D) the isolation of cocaine from coca leaves
• E) the discovery of the addicting properties of opiates

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