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. 2004 Dec;97(12):594-8.
doi: 10.1177/014107680409701214.

One hundred years of barbiturates and their saint

Dimitri A Cozanitis  1
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One hundred years of barbiturates and their saint

Dimitri A Cozanitis. J R Soc Med. 2004 Dec.
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Figure 1
Barbituric acid (malonylurea)
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Icon of St Barbara (in pearl and metal), Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki. [Photo: Mariamne Purmonen]
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Figure 3
Emil Fischer (1852-1919). [Courtesy: Medical Historical Institute and Museum,University of Zurich]
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Figure 4
Josef von Mering (1849-1908). [Courtesy: Medical Historical Institute and Museum, University of Zurich]
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