Alkaloid use of Ephedra and opium poppies. Also, coca leaves have been used by South American Indians since ancient times. Extracts from plants containing toxic alkaloids, such as aconitine and tubocurarine, were used since antiquity for poisoning arrows. Studies of alkaloids began in the 19th century. In 1804, the German chemist Friedrich Sertürner isolated from opium a "soporific principle" (), which he called "morphium" in honor of Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams; in German and some other Central-European languages, this is still the name of the drug. The term "morphine", used in English and French, was given by the French
When No One Remembers His Name, Does God Retire? reform but only wanted to guarantee their own supply of the drug. Although he quit working with the revolutionaries he was soon arrested for trying to overthrow the government. This book uses several plot elements also used in "The Worthing Saga", such as the sleeping drug Somec and the taping of memories. This story explains how Stipock ended up on Jason Worthing's colony ship in Card’s novel "The Worthing Chronicle". When No One Remembers His Name, Does God Retire? "When No One Remembers His Name, Does God Retire?" is a science fiction short story by American writer Orson Scott Card.