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Message #174565 posted by Finger Hash (Info) April 30, 2008 13:39:30 ET
In Reply to: albert hofmann died this morning posted by bum (Info) April 29, 2008 18:01:12 ET
He became the first human guinea pig of the drug when a tiny amount of the substance seeped on to his finger during a repeat of the laboratory experiment on April 16, 1943.
"I had to leave work for home because I was suddenly hit by a sudden feeling of unease and mild dizziness," he subsequently wrote in a memo to company bosses.
"Everything I saw was distorted as in a warped mirror," he said, describing his bicycle ride home. "I had the impression I was rooted to the spot. But my assistant told me we were actually going very fast." Albert Hofmann
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