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
Archibald (name) Archibald (name) Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements "erchan" (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and "bald" "bold". Medieval forms include Old High German "Erchambald, Erkanbold, Erkanbald" and Anglo-Saxon "Eorcenbald". Erkanbald, bishop of Strasbourg (d. 991) was also rendered "Archaunbault" in Old French. The Anglo-Saxon name did not survive, and the modern given name in English derives from the introduction of the Old French name, with a secondary association of its first element with the Greek prefix "archi-" meaning "chief, master", to Norman England in the high medieval period. The form "Archibald" became