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LSD, my problem child / Albert Hofmann ; translated by Jonathan Ott.

Title
LSD, my problem child / Albert Hofmann ; translated by Jonathan Ott.
Author
Hofmann, Albert, 1906-2008
Publication
New York : McGraw-Hill, c1980.

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Additional Authors
  • Ott, Jonathan
  • Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection wid
  • Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection. med
  • Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library former owner. med
Description
xiii, 209 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
Albert Hofmann, who died in 2008 aged 102, first synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1938, but the results of animal tests were so unremarkable that the chemical was abandoned. Driven by intuition, he synthesized it again in 1943, and serendipitously noticed its profound effects on himself. Although his work produced other important drugs, including methergine, hydergine and dihydroergotamine, it was LSD that shaped his career. After his discovery of LSD's properties, Hofmann spent years researching sacred plants. He succeeded in isolating and synthesizing the active compounds in the Psilocybe mexicana mushroom, which he named psilocybin and psilocin.
Uniform Title
LSD, mein Sorgenkind. English
Alternative Title
LSD, mein Sorgenkind.
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History
Note
  • A duplicate copy of this title was part of the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection, but was not retained.
  • Translation of LSD, mein Sorgenkind.
  • First published in German in 1979 as LSD -- mein Sorgenkind.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
LSD, my problem child: Introduction -- How LSD originated -- LSD in animal experiments and biological research -- Chemical modifications of LSD -- Use of LSD in psychiatry -- From remedy to inebriant -- The Mexican relatives of LSD : [the sacred mushroom Teonanácatl, psilocybine and psilocine, the "magic morning glory" Ololiuhqui, and the "magic plant" Ska María Pastora] -- Radiance from Ernest Jünger -- Meeting with Aldous huxley -- Correspondence with the poet-physician Walter Vogt -- Various visitors -- LSD experience and reality -- Appendix: Chemical formulæ. -- Insights/Outlooks: Introduction -- The transmitter-receiver model of reality -- Security in the natural-scientific worldview -- On possession -- The sun as nuclear power-plant.
ISBN
0070293252
LCCN
^^^80014536^//r902
OCLC
  • 6251390
  • SCSB-13237042
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library